Re: flexfax: some1 knows how to let sendfax to send a ms word doc ??

[Michael Stevens <mstevens@imaginet.co.uk>]

On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 05:40:20PM +0200, Luca Domenella wrote:
> Hi all,
>   i have this problem: i need to send a Microsoft Word 97 document using
> sendfax.
>   when i type: sendfax -n -m -d 07347827836 test.doc
>   i got this error: test.doc: Can not determine file type
>   how can i force sendfax to convert the .doc file and send it ???
>   im not a ghostscript user so if you will answer me to use ghostscript to
> convert it and then
>   send it, please.... tell me whats the syntax to convert the file....
>   but i think it should be another way to let sendfax convert and send the
> file.

There's no sensible way to do what you want on a UNIX platform. You'll
have to try either sending it from a windows hylafax client or saying
it out as some format such as postscript from word and sending that.