I've just downloaded some doc which is in .ps extension. What program should i use to open this type of file.
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You can use this program to view .ps files directly.
GSView (freeware)
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~gh
"GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript. Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript page description language used by laser printers. For documents following the Adobe PostScript Document Structuring Conventions, GSview allows selected pages to be viewed or printed. GSview requires Ghostscript. GSview is available for Windows, OS/2 and Linux."
Alternatively, you can try a TOM document conversion server, e.g.
http://wheel.compose.cs.cm
It is quite nice, especially if you step over certain file formats rather seldom.
Or you can convert it online using this this web service http://www.ps2pdf.com/conv
Then you can open your file with the free program adobe acrobat reader. you find it her >> http://www.adobe.com/produ
1. Install GhostScript's latest version: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~gh
2. Install GSView's latest version: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~gh
That's it. If you want to convert a ps file to a pdf file: Open the ps file, press f, choose "pdfwrite" from the left column and 600 from the right column, and then press Ok. It should ask you for the file name -- specify one. I often do this because I don't like ps documents as much as I like pdf documents.
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A .ps file is a postscript file. The easiest way to view it is to send it to a printer with postscript capability. If you don't have any such printer, you can download a Postscript viewer from a supplier of a shareware supplier. The two best are ROPS and ghostview.
You can get a trial copy of ROPS from "http://www.rops.org/". The ghostscript viewer is called GSview and can be downloaded for free from "http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~g
Another strategy to use would be to convert the postscript file to a pdf file and then use the free utility, Adobe Acrobat, to view the file. There is a free ps to pdf conversion service on the web at
http://www.ps2pdf.com/conv
Adobe Acrobat can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/produ
I agree with spiderfix!!!!!
You can convert it to *.pdf then Adobe Acrobat can view it.
http://www.ps2pdf.com/conv
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by: spiderfixPosted on 2003-05-23 at 13:48:27ID: 8574744
"It's a PostScript file. It contains the same commands as if something had been
printed to a printer, but instead was printed to a file.
It's used as an intermediate format to creating a PDF file. It's also another way
to transfer files from one location to another & allow it to print correctly even if
the receiving location doesn't have the source application."
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You can convert it to *.pdf then Adobe Acrobat can view it.
http://www.ps2pdf.com/conv