From: Dale James Thompson Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: postscript files, what are they and how do i read them Date: 7 Dec 1997 02:37:47 -0600 Organization: Oklahoma State University Lines: 28 Sender: dale AT news Message-ID: <66dn8r$ee6$1@dhstudent-res-life-438.dhcp> References: <66560o$o72 AT camel20 DOT mindspring DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhstudent-res-life-438.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-971106 (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.32 (i486)) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk michael wrote: > I was searching the web for research that i am doing and i came across this > website that contained documents that i can download and read. But the > documents are in postscript format. I have a windows95 computer with > internet explorer4.0. I do not know how to view this file. I am more > familiar with microsft word and pdf files which I can use microsft word 97 > or adobe acrobat 3.1 to view respectively. I would like very much to be > able to read these postscript files. However i do not have a unix > workstation to use to view these files. Is there any kind of plugin like > adobe acrobat which will allow me to view postscript files. Or are there any > utility software that i can download and use to view these postscript files. > can you assist me with some information to how I can view these files > because I am totally ignorant about postscript files Try ghostscript. A search at any internet search site will find the pages of a company called Alladin. They distribute a program called ghostscript for nearly every operation system on the planet. Get the copy for Win32. Make sure you get GSView. This is a nice viewer application similar to adobe acrobate for pdf's. Ghostscript by itself is not usefull. Most importantly, GSView comes with a nice little installer program for ghostscript. This is good because there is really quite a bit to the program and most people get overwelmed. -- Dale James Thompson (tdale AT okstate DOT edu)