Quick reference guide Scientific Linux for DESY

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16. Desktop text processing (DTP)

dvips [options] file[.dvi] PF
convert a TeX DVI file to Postscript. Some useful options are:
-A print only odd pages
-B print only even pages
-f use dvips as a filter
-o name the output will be sent to file name (default file.ps)
-pp range select a comma separated list of page ranges n1[-n2]
 
latex2html [-h] [options] file[s]
translates LaTeX source files into HTML. The man page is displayed with -h  
latex file
text formatting and typesetting. See textbooks for a description. pdflatex is a version of TeX that can create PDF output files.  
ooffice
Open Office. Powerful office suite that contains the programs
oobase for working with a database
oocalc for dealing with spreadsheets
oodraw for manipulating drawings
ooimpress to create and view presentations
oomath for typesetting formulas and oowriter to produce text documents.
The commercial program StarOffice uses the program names soffice sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath and swriter which are provided as links for convenience.
 
xdvi [+n] [-s shrink] [file]
DVI Previewer for the X Window System. Display a .dvi file usually produced by TeX (starting at page n and using a shrink factor 1 .. 4). Most options do have keystroke equivalents. If you experience problems like not displaying colors properly then try pxdvi, a patched version, developed for Japanese documents, which also fixes some other deficiencies of xdvi.  

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