User:Rewood/Creating PDF Files (Linux)

On the Linux systems, PDF files can be created from any postscript document. PDF files can be read in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

1. Create the postscript document from StarOffice:

• Create file
• Print to File (Select File -> Print, click the print to file box, enter filename.ps, click OK)

2. Create the pdf file from the postscript document:

• The User Menu method works for files stored in your home directory (/home/userid/):
  • Go to the user menu (Select K -> Utilities -> User menu)
  • Select the option Create a pdf file
  • Enter the name of the postscript file that you created in Step 1. This will create a new file named filename.pdf and delete the postscript file you created in Step 1, filename.ps o Note: if the postscript file is stored in a subdirectory within your home directory, include the subdirectory name when you enter the filename, e.g. subdirectory/filename.ps
• The Manual method works for files stored in any of your directories, including the shared directory:
  • Go to command shell (Select K -> Utilties -> Shell) and change to directory where filename.ps is saved
  • type and enter ps2pdf filename.ps filename.pdf where filename is the name of the postscript file that you created in Step 1
  • With this method you will need to manually delete the postscript file By: Janyne Kizer, System Programmer Administrator