>From: Dave Sill <de5_at_sws5.ctd.ornl.gov>
>To: Mythreyee Ganapathy <mythreyee_g_at_hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Processing Postscript files in UNIX
>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 14:54:37 -0500 (EST)
>
>Please send this to tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov, not
>tru64-unix-managers-owner.
>
>-Dave
>
> >
> >I came across a discussion thread on this list about Postscript files in
> >UNIX. Therefore, this posting...
> >
> >We currently have a process which creates a flat file with customer data.
> >Each customer's data has to be inserted into a Word Template (the
>template
> >has an image, paragraphs of text and tables)
> >and printed out for further sorting/handling. We would like to maintain
>all
> >processing on one operating system to avoid overhead in maintenance
>issues.
> >
> >The process right now: Postscript files of the Word templates reside on
> >UNIX. We are attempting to populate the PostScript file with the customer
> >data, and send the output to the printer without saving the file so that
>we
> >can use the Postscript file again. The problem is that the PS file
>generated
> >from Word '97 has the 'placeholder' fields
> >(and in fact all the text) split across several lines, as single
>characters
> >or grouped together as two/three characters. This makes searching for a
> >placeholder like 'NAME' extremely difficult. Also, the insertion of data
> >would throw off the page size that was previously determined by Word when
> >the PostScript file was generated in the first place.
> >
> >Is there any way I can generate a PS file from Word for a Word document
> >where the text stays together - as in each word stays together. That
>would
> >at least help me to look for a pattern.
> >OR
> >Is there a way I can process a PS file in UNIX for this kind of data
> >padding?
> >
> >
> >Any suggestions would be welcome...
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Mythreyee.
> >
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