viewing & converting pdf

[Guest]

I've had to reformat my machine and seem to have lost the addon/pluggin that allows one to view pdf files. Can't remember what it is except that i viewed pdf with no problems.

Which 'convert' allows one to convert from pdf to jpg. I'm sure i did this several months ago and can't remember how. I'm a teacher and wanted to remove the answers from the last page of a pdf file. This doesn't seem possible so i wondered about converting the file to jpg and then deleting the last page.

thanks

[helmut]

For viewing PDF files with XnView you need GhostScript installed on your computer. Please see FAQ "How to display vector formats like PDF, AI,...? GhostScript!" for more details.

[jessejazza]

Thanks Helmut

I knew i'd found it before just couldn't remember where. I tried to download the source code file ghostscript-8.54.tar.bz2 which was silly. If i have the XnView on USB which i'm considering how/where do i put the zip version gs854os2.zip - just in a directory on the USB?

[Clo]

—> jessejazza

Hello ! Welcome aboard !

• As far as I experienced, XnView looks for the GS in the boot-disk only ! I mean : Where the used <Windows> is set.

• For instance, I had an old C:\ boot-disk with Win 98 SE - no more used - and I had to reinstall a new GS in the new boot-disk E:\ with XP-Pro. But still, GS IS in the C:\ hard-disk !
- Unfortunately, there is not any setting allowing the user to state where the GS is located…

• Hence, I doubt that you could place it in a (big) USB-stick currently.
- Whether you'ld use this with a computer which has not any GS itself in its boot-disk, that'll not work.

- This lacuna might be fixed up, in order to allow a real fully “portable” XnView in a close future…

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo