you could try niknak url http://dhsoftware.com.au/pdfc.htm
Niknak enables you to create PDF files from just about any Windows
application including DataCAD (Windows versions).
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Grif" w. keith griffith <kgriffit@WOLFENET.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Word 97 to pdf format?


> At 03:09 PM 4/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >You can always get a postcript printer driver, print to file,
>
>
> saved post from the list,,, a while back.  With thanks to the author.  I
> actually got it to work!!!
>
> I use ps and pdf files alot and put together this info sheet to help
others
> get up to speed on how to start using it. Any program that outputs to a
> printer can be used. this is also how to convert ps files to pdf. Here is
> the text from it.
>
> For anyone interested,
>
> This is how I create PDF files
>
> 1) Create the document in whatever program you can print out on in windows
> ie: Corel Draw, PageMaker, Ilustrator, PhotoShop. PDF really shows its
> strength when dealing with structured drawing programs. Like a schematic
> layout or even PCB layout program.
>
> 2) You need to install a printer driver from a generic HP PostScript
> printer, I use the one from the win95 install disks, but there are others
> available online as well. 1. Goto control panel 2. Printers 3. Add printer
> 4. Select Post Script Printer.  5. Select "Print to File"
> 3) Goto www.ghostscript.com and download both ghost script, and ghost view
> you will only be using ghost view, but it is merely a GUI to ghostScript.
>
> 4) After the printer driver is working correctly, choose print setup in
the
> program you used to create the file. Choose the PostScript printer. It
will
> ask for you to give it a file name, anyname.ps is the format you type in.
>
> 5) Open the document you just saved in GhostView, now choose, Print, then
> choose print to file, and pdfwrite.
>
> 6) to check your work you can open that file you printed to pdfwrite in
> acrobats reader
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry King" <barry@NRGSYSTEMS.COM>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [OT] PDF versus GIF
>
>
>  > Fr. Tom,
>  >
>  > I agree that PDF is superior in every way except possibly the
>  > integration with web content.
>  >
>  > My company has standardized on PDF for all pre-set content, because
>  > it is so efficient and works on so many platforms.
>  >
>  > As far as the integration: Acrobat (the PDF reader) plugs into
>  > Netscape and IE very cleanly.  You do see it load, even on fast
>  > machines, so its using some resources, but they load quicker than
>  > embedded Word docs.
>  >
>  > That's my $0.02.
>  >
>  > ------------
>  > Barry King, KA1NLH
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>
> 'Grif'   N7IVS