The Open Office Suite is OSS and just fine for leaflets, booklets
and flyers. File size is great too, about 1/3 that of MS Word and
about 1/2 that of Word Perfect. And there's the advantage that the
default .swg document file is XML. You can import HTML and export
to PDF without plugins. I use OO and WordPerfect all the time. For
any ticklish foreign language fonts I compose in WordPerfect,
import the passage/document to OO for the small file size, and then
to PDF for the printer (so he can handle the job without a mess).
OO is still building font base.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Allan"
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum"
Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Converting files
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:57:58 -0700
>
> > Post the url to the Sharing Bible site, I will take a look at
> it again, I do > not know a lot about OSIS, but there people on
> the list who do, maybe one of > them will provide some helpful
> input. Here is the overall link: http://shrbible.sourceforge.net
I'm new to the site and curious about OSIS too. After looking a bit
at what looks like a good idea, I have a serious question
concerning some of the OSIS code because of the nature of the GPL
license. There is some doubt whether the present GPL will hold up
if challenged because at present some have been allowed to donate
copyrighted code (which OSIS has some of) with some residual
rights. There is talk of a revision in the GPL now, but my reaction
is to hold off in that arena until that matter becomes clearer.
Comments? Valid Concern??
Why is it so hard to just give as we have been given? Please
forgive this old sinner, if I am presumptuous.
> This link gives a better idea of a 12 page "Sharing Bible"
> booklet for web previewing. The pages are a mix of html/xhtml and
> php: http://shrbible.sourceforge.net/sb12/index.html This link
> provides the actual Word .doc that is the basis for the web
> preview and actual printing:
> http://shrbible.sourceforge.net/download/SharingBible_12.doc The
> booklet is probably 2/3 Bible verses. It ends up being printed as
> half-sheet sized bifolded/duplexed (4.25"w x 5.5"h). I'm
> definitely interested in moving to .pdf files for "publishing" My
> impression is that the original could be in OSIS, but I'm very
> much an OSIS newbie. I haven't gotten enough experience yet to
> discern if OSIS is still in a development stage such that
> "tracts" are best done with another approach. (I'm wondering if
> OpenOffice.org might be appropriate?)
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