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I get a newsletter once a week that is done in .DOC format, and when i get them, i loose all formatting and can't read it. i've tried Open Office, Sun's Star Office, Abiword, and K Office.
does anyone know of any way to import a Microsoft Office .DOC file while keeping the formatting?
is there a program that will convert it to a PDF file? if i try and convert to PDF in Open Office or Sun's Star Office, it makes a PDF of the jumbled mess on the screen.
Thank you for your time and help,
Tim Piazza
EDIT: if it is any help i'm running Debian Linux "testing" on the Linux 2.6.8 kernel
OpenOffice is usually pretty good at it - I know you said you've tried it, but have you got the most recent version (1.9.something)? You might also try the OO 2 beta.
Unfortunately, .doc is a proprietary binary format of Microsoft's so there's not a lot of open-source software around that can deal with it - and converting it to PDF is pretty much a lost cause if you haven't got software that can successfully render it to start with.
why do they send a newsletter in doc format? tell them to use pdf as a non propietary solution everybody can read...bad style, i think
but here's a link that may help you. they convert doc to pdf online for free: http://www.gobcl.com/convert_pdf.asp
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