Re: 3VDQ : I want a .abw file *and* a .pdf file

Also note that while I do not advise violating acceptable use policies,
AbiWord works fine with such nightly-erase (or erase on reboot) systems,
like DeepFreeze or CompuGuard. Just install to where it normally goes
(or to another folder, no matter), and it will be wiped out on the next
reboot or whenever it was scheduled.

Bear Tooth wrote:

>
>
> I have a great huge long complicated recipe, my own invention,
> tweaked and re-tweaked for over thirty years, which my guests often
> ask for. I typed it originally in my regular mailer (Pine, from U
> Washington), and used to keep a copy in my shell to fetch into emails.
>
> But it looks like that master copy has gotten lost among the
> electrons, and I owe copies to a list of people; unless one of the
> original recipients sends it back (as I've just asked) -- and maybe
> even if one does -- meseems I better buckle down to re-type a/o rework
> the whole blessed thing.
>
> If I do, I might as well do it right, and use my word processor
> this time. That will save it as a .abw file, of course; but most of my
> correspondents, poor unretired souls, are still chained to the Gates
> of Hell and his Abominable OS -- and, probably, don't have good
> software; they may even do their email at work or in a public library,
> and be unable to install it. (Library machines commonly have a program
> that runs every night, and completely wipes anything that's been put
> on the machine since the previous night. I wouldn't put it past some
> employers to have that, too.)
>
> So I have three Very Dumb Questions. First, given that I once have
> waffle_recipe.abw in my shell -- and want to keep it, in case I decide
> to make additions or revisions -- is there an easy way to turn it into
> waffle_recipe.pdf, and save that separately? Then I could attach the
> good one to emails to those who can use it, and the .pdf to the poor
> souls.
>
> Second, in case I do find it or get it back, I know how to put it
> back into my shell as either waffles or waffles.txt, by simply
> exporting it from Pine and naming it that. In that case, do I simply
> call it up in abiword by editing the shell file, eliminating any
> extraneous email stuff, such as headers, and saving it? Or is there a
> trick? Can Abiword use a .txt file, or a file with no extension at all??
>
> Third, is .pdf in fact the most generally useful format for those
> who lack both linux and abiword? Or is that just what works on web
> sites best, while something else would be better elswhere? And if so,
> what? (I understand abiword *will* let me put stuff into actual MS
> formats; but my fingers would fall off and I would die choking on the
> next waffle if I did that.)
>
> No doubt all this is obvious to the meanest intelligence; I beg
> the pardon of serious AbiWord users (let alone the developers!) for
> asking. I hardly ever have any occasion to use a word processor
> myself, and follow this list on behalf of Her Who Must Be Obeyed,
> who's writing a book -- and is even less technoid than I ...
>
> If somebody merely tells me RTFM (*with* the location of the FM),
> or a URL without comment, such as to a FAQ, I'll be grateful.
>
> TIA!
>

-- 
Ryan Pavlik
AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer
www.abisource.com
"Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." - Helen Keller
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