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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]
 
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.
 
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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