Using OzTeX to create pdf output

First and foremost, if you are using a version of OzTeX before version 4.0, it probably does not have the Type 1 versions of the Computer Modern fonts installed, and so the on-screen quality of the pdf file you create will be very poor.  As of May 1, 2002, the only generally available Macintosh that has the Type 1 fonts installed is the Macintosh nearest to the door in Room 401 MSC.  These fonts should be available soon in the Scientific Computing Lab.

1. Using Alpha or AlphaLite, create a .tex source file.  I will call it pdfexample.tex.
2. Typeset pdfexample.tex with OzTeX.
3. In OzTeX, pull down Config and select Add CM/PS Fonts.  This instructs OzTeX to embed the Type 1 versions of the fonts in the PostScript (.ps) file you create next.
4. In OzTeX, pull down Tools and select DVIPS.  Click on pdfexample.dvi, then click the DVIPS button.  (The fact that you have chosen Add CM/PS Fonts sets the option -PCMPS, which corresponds to a certain printer driver, but you don't need to worry about that.)
   Click Save and use the default name pdfexample.ps
5. Launch Acrobat Distiller.  (You may need to use Sherlock to find it.)  Pull down File and select Open, then select pdfexample.ps.  Save As pdfexample.pdf.  This converts the .ps file to a .pdf file.
6. To view the .pdf file on the screen or to print it, launch Acrobat Reader.  You can either launch Acrobat Reader on its own or double click the icon for pdfexample.pdf.
   Caution: when you print from Acrobat Reader, it reduces the size!  Since that is what people will print when you post it on the web,  make sure it looks good.  You may need to adjust your margins in the original pdfexample.tex file to do this, unfortunately.