creating pdf files with Russian language texts

[David Powelstock]

I've also gotten BCL online to work with Cyrillic, converting from Word
format to PDF.  It's a pretty nifty service!  However, I don't think that
this would be very practical for someone wanting to go from the scanner to
PDF.  (Am I wrong here?)

Also, a warning for those looking for budget solutions: don't buy "easyPDF"
from GoBCL (or any other "easy" PDF creator product), unless they can
guarantee you that it does now do Cyrillic.  EasyPDF only costs $50, but I
bought it, could not get it to work with Cyrillic, AND they would not refund
my money, even though they advertised (at that time) its ability to do
foreign langs.  (The program simply did not handle my embedded fonts
correctly.)  They now post a demo download and a very stern warning about no
refunds.  Maybe they've fixed the problem I encountered, maybe not, but the
moral is: try before you buy!  

David Powelstock
Asst. Prof. of Russian
Brandeis University
781.736.3347
powelstock at brandeis.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael A. Denner [mailto:mdenner at STETSON.EDU] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: creating pdf files with Russian language texts

If you're just looking for conversion of text to Acrobat (.pdf) format,
here's an expedient and, best of all, free way that has worked very well for
me:

I use GoBCL (www.gobcl.com). The service will convert any document from
either .doc or .html format into PDF for free, up to a certain size (up to
500KB, which is a very large document, indeed). You need to sign up for the
service - I've never been harassed by them with unwanted emails. Otherwise
it's free. You just send the web page or Word document to them, and about 5
minutes later they send you a zipped .pdf document. I sent a few articles
from gazeta.ru (the "for print" versions) and they seem to have worked
perfectly. I've sent literally hundreds of articles, papers, etc., all of
them in Russian, and I've never had encoding problems of any sort. I have no
idea why it is free, but ???????? ???? ? ???? ?? ???????.

I use their service most frequently to convert Word documents that I've
inserted "nonstandard" diacritical marks (i.e., accent marks of Russian
vowels) into .pdf format. It's the only way I'm aware of to author a
document on the web that has, say, a list of Russian words with accents
marked.

Best,
mad

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Dr. Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32724
386.822.7381 (department)
386.822.7265 (direct line)
386.822.7380 (fax)
http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
http://russianpoetry.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Keefe, Leann
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 9:58 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] creating pdf files with Russian language texts

I was wondering if anyone has experience creating pdf files using texts in
cyrillic.  I want to create a pdf file of russian newspaper articles from
the internet and it autimatically changes the encoding when I try to create
it. I've read their materials on embedded fonts and it's all Greek to me.
And is it possible to use the find feature with cyrillic?

Thanks for any advice on this.

Leann Keefe
National Defense University
keefel at ndu.edu
(202)-685-2229

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