Re: [hylafax-users] for those who wish to fax MS Word docs...

[Matt Fretwell <mattf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> > PostScript, PDF, and TIFF all guarantee this.  Word and HTML cannot. 
> > So, my using antiword here is just a couple  steps better than using
> > wvPS here, which is just a bit better (I suppose  to these folks) than
> > saying, "Well, it's better than nothing."


> Agreed 100%. Combine that with the fact that any given Word document
> may:
> 
> - use fonts that are present only on the creator's system
> - have links to external graphic files
> - have embedded OLE 'objects' that need to be rendered by their host 
> application
> - etc.
> 
> Print-to-fax solves every one of these problems.


 As does saving the file in (PS|PDF|TIFF) format, which then leaves you
with more submission options than print-to-fax.


Matt

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