RE: URGENT: help converting framemaker .doc to .ps

[Joachim Backes]

On 29-Mar-2001 Karam Badesha wrote: 
>  hello everyone,
>  i just installed a2ps and installation was a breeze. then i converted this 
>  framemaker file.doc to file.ps by saying
>  
>  a2ps --output=file.ps file.doc
>  
>  all i got in the file.ps file was garbage. its not even close to the 
> original 
>  file. is there something i am doing wrong. 

Hi, Karam,

i think you misunderstood the abilities of a2ps. The main work of a2ps is to
convert text files into ps files, but not the conversion of framemaker files.

If you have a running version of framemaker, there is no problem (by printing
into a PS file), but it seems that you only have the FRAMEMAKER .doc file.

One way would be: Use fm2html to convert .doc into html, then use html2ps
for converting the html file into PS (or display the html document in a
browser and print then into a ps file).

Have a look into 

        http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/technical/WWW/webtools/frame2html.html


Regards

Joachim Backes

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