Re: 3 1/2 hrs for converting 5MB file to PDF in OpenOffice1.1?

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 01/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:33:11 +0100

In alt.os.linux Sybren Stüvel <sybrenUSE@yourthirdtower.imagination.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 20:31:08 +0500, N S Srikanth wrote:

> > Opened it in Open Office1.1.Clicked on the button "export to PDF"
> > and chose the file name. that is all. The conversion went on and on
> > and on and on..........

> The PDF writer of OOo sucks. You'll be better off by printing to a
> postscript file and using 'ps2pdf' on that.

Really? Recently loaded a text file (>2000 pages) to an open
office document and saved it as .pdf.

Took only a few seconds! Albeit, I'm not sure on which box
open office really run? 

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Michael Heiming
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