Subject Re: [Firebird-Java] Suggestions for the FAQ?
Author Rick Fincher
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> > I thought someone wrote that OpenOffice can generate pdf but I sure
can't
> > figure out how...
>
> I do it all the time. When you go to print in OpenOffice, instead your
> printer select PDF converter. There shouldn't be anything special to do.
>
> That option was there for me out of the box, and I am using RH 8.0.
>

I can't do that in Windows Open Office, but I think Samba has a PDF printer
driver. I also found one for Windows after a little searching.

> I would ask however that there also be a plain text version. If you are
> installing JayBird on a server and want to reference something it's a
> pain to parse the HTML with your eyes. PDF is nearly impossible to read.
>
> To me the FAQ should be online in HTML, or downloadable in PDF format.
>
> Distributed can be either PDF,HTML, both, but there should be a plain
> text version included in the distro.
>
> Sorry to be a pain about that, its just a personal preference.

Not at all, good suggestion.

Rick