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Message: 3 Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 18:42:50 +1200 From: Oliver Jones <oliver(a)deeper.co.nz> Subject: Re: [wlug] A significant Press Release To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Message-ID: <1112769770.10434.24.camel(a)localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
This is a department dependent issue. In CS as many staff and students use a selection of Linux, Windows and MacOS X so most staff encourage students to submit in .pdf, .html or plain text. If staff in a given department only have access to a windows PC and students are only provided a windows lab, then the school may well require submissions in an Office format.
Then install PDF Creator (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/) on those machines. It's a Open Source and very useful PDF generator (acts as a Windows Printer). It is basically a thin-ish wrapper around Ghostscript.
These are pet peeves of mine, as my missus can't drop IE/Windows completely since she still needs them to do University work.
Regards -- Oliver Jones » Roving Code Warrior oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 » www.deeperdesign.com
A simple solution is to install OpenOffice.org. Then she can export to PDF or save in .doc for those that are still clinging to the sinking ship. My lecturers insist that assignments be presented in Word format. They may have some idea that it is all produced in OOo... Oh yes, they do, because I told them. ;) OpenOffice.org 2.0 will be out in a month or so or you can download the Beta from http://download.openoffice.org/2.0beta/index.html Cheers Yo Statement of Interest: There is some truth in the rumour that I am the New Zealand Marketing Contact for OpenOffice.org And yes I hope OpenOffice.org will be welcome at the installfest even if this writer runs his OOo 1.9.87 on SuSE 9.2 ;) (Though in my defense I will add that I have 1.1.2 running on a Warty Warthog box)