RE: Software question - converting HTML to PDF

[Peter Lewicke <plewicke -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

The difference with OpenOffice Writer is that it will
convert the files directly from HTML to PDF. The
advantage would be in using one program to do the
whole process. 

There might be advantages in using XML, but only if
you were going to do something special with the files
in that format. Using the simplest and least expensive
method probably is the best way to go, especially if
this is a low priority project.


--- Uwe Tallmeister <uwe -at- raintreeinc -dot- com> wrote:

> > From: Peter Lewicke
> > True, maybe he'll take the hint.
> >
> > --- Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> > Yo, Peter, it's 2006 -- you can do the job
> remotely.
> >> >  :)
> 
> Actually, the corporate office is indeed in
> California, but the R&D and 
> engineering sections are located in Estonia, so you
> might say we have 
> some experience with working remotely ;) On the
> other hand, this task is 
> quite low priority, so contracting someone is not an
> option.
> 
> To get back on topic:
> Using OpenOffice Writer would not make much
> difference or is there 
> something I'm missing? MS Word can also open html
> files, so nothing new 
> there. Copy-paste works the same in most
> applications. And the free PDF 
> converter does a perfect job already - I doubt that
> the OOo Writer would 
> do it faster.
> 
> I was also recommended to use XML and XSLT. From the
> short research I
> did it appears that a) this probably is just what we
> need and b) we even
> have two books on the subject, both about 800 pages.
> Before I start
> digging through them, I'd like a second opinion (or
> recommendations
> where to start). Learning a new language would be
> useful, but 
> time-consuming, so I'd not commit myself (or anybody
> else at the 
> company) yet.
> 
> -- 
> Uwe Tallmeister
> +372 731 4418
> Technical Writer
> www.raintreeinc.com
> 
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