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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If it will produce the output you want, you should
be able to Print from FLEx to a PDF printer driver, just as you can with any
other program. I like using the freeware program CutePDF, but there are others
available also:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wayne Leman</FONT></DIV>
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<P>> I am building a lexicon in SIL's Fieldworks Language Explorer,
and<BR>> now that I'm getting some bulk to my dictionary I want to export
it<BR>> as a pdf and check out how it looks. I am NOT familiar with
XML<BR>> files, or what to do with them once you've exported them.
I<BR>> understand that XML files are viewable in a web browser, but pdf
is<BR>> much more practical and useful for email, etc. My question is how
do<BR>> I export to a pdf, or convert the xml (from "Dictionary View")
to<BR>> pdf.<BR><BR>I may be wrong, but as far as I know, there is no
direct way to export a<BR>FLEx lexicon to PDF. I do the following
(unfortunately, it takes several<BR>steps):<BR><BR>1) Export from FLEx to
Lexique Pro (<A
href="http://www.lexique.pro/">http://www.lexique.<WBR>pro/</A>):<BR>Menu
-> File -> Export Lexicon -> Lexicon: MDF Standard Format<BR>2)
Import from FLEx to Lexique Pro:<BR>Menu -> File -> Open<BR>3) Export as
an ODT document:<BR>Menu -> File -> Export as Document<BR>4) Convert to
PDF with OpenOffice.org Writer<BR><BR>Lexique Pro also allows you to export a
lexicon as an HTML document.<BR><BR>The following webpages of mine on FLEx and
Lexique Pro may interest you;<BR>they are based on the materials I prepared
for a workshop about these<BR>two programs I organized and taught some time
ago:<BR><A
href="http://www.ts-cyberia.net/flex.html">http://www.ts-<WBR>cyberia.net/<WBR>flex.html</A><BR><A
href="http://www.ts-cyberia.net/lexiquepro.html">http://www.ts-<WBR>cyberia.net/<WBR>lexiquepro.<WBR>html</A><BR><BR>You
may also be interested in joining FLEx mailing list:<BR><A
href="http://groups.google.com/group/flex-list/">http://groups.<WBR>google.com/<WBR>group/flex-<WBR>list/</A><BR><BR>--
<BR>Tsvi Sadan (Tsuguya Sasaki)<BR>Department of Hebrew and Semitic
Languages<BR>Bar-Ilan University<BR><A
href="mailto:ts%40ts-cyberia.net">ts@ts-cyberia.<WBR>net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.ts-cyberia.net/">http://www.ts-<WBR>cyberia.net/</A><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE>
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