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2.5.12 Changing the Date Format

The default English-US locale uses two digits to represent the year ‘yy’, where the year is interpreted to be between 1969 and 2068. In other words, 65 is considered to be 2065, not 1965. If you want years prior to 1969 to be interpreted correctly in the English-US locale, you need to change the default date format for that locale to use four digits to represent years ‘yyyy’. This issue does not apply to the English-UK locale, which already uses four digits for the year. To modify the default English-US date format, proceed as follows:

1. Start the System Properties utility:

■ Microsoft Windows: Start, Programs, Oracle Content Server, refinery_ instance , Utilities, System Properties. ■ UNIX: Start the SystemProperties script, which is located in the bin subdirectory of the refinery’s installation directory.

2. Open the Localization tab.

3. Select the English-US entry in the list of locales, and click Edit.

The Configure Locale dialog is displayed.

4. Modify the date format to use four digits for the year ‘yyyy’ rather than two

‘yy’.

5. After you are done editing, click OK to close the Configure Locale dialog.

6. Click OK to apply the change and exit System Properties.

7. Stop and restart the refinery otherwise the change will not take effect.

2.5.13 Setting the Time Zone

During the installation of Inbound Refinery, you might have indicated that you wanted to use the default time zone for the selected system locale. If that is the case, the installer attempted to automatically detect the time zone of the operating system and set the refinery time zone accordingly. In certain scenarios, the time zone of the operating system might not be recognized. The time zone will then be set to the UTC time zone Universal Time Coordinated, which is the same as Greenwich Mean Time GMT. You then need to set the time zone manually: 1. Start the System Properties utility: ■ Microsoft Windows: Start, Programs, Oracle Content Server, refinery_ instance , Utilities, System Properties. ■ UNIX: Start the SystemProperties script, which is located in the bin subdirectory of the refinery’s installation directory. 2. Open the Server tab. 3. From the System Timezone drop-down list, choose the time zone you want to use for the refinery.

4. Click OK to apply the change and exit System Properties.

5. Stop and restart the refinery otherwise the change will not take effect. 3 Working with PDF Conversions 3-1 3 Working with PDF Conversions Inbound Refinery can convert native files to PDF by either exporting to PDF directly using Oracle Outside In PDF Export included with Inbound Refinery or by using third-party applications to output the native file to PostScript and then using a third-party PDF distiller engine to convert the PostScript file to PDF. PDF conversions require the following components to be installed and enabled on the Inbound Refinery server: This section describes how to work with PDF conversions. The section includes the following topics: ■ Configuring PDF Conversion Settings on page 3-1 ■ Converting Microsoft Office Files to PDF on page 3-8 ■ Troubleshooting PDF Conversion Problems on page 3-15

3.1 Configuring PDF Conversion Settings

This section covers the following topics: ■ Configuring Content Servers to Send Jobs to Inbound Refinery on page 3-2 ■ Setting Accepted Conversions on page 3-2 ■ Setting PDF Files as the Primary Web-Viewable Rendition on page 3-2 Component Name Component Description Enabled on Server PDFExportConverter Enables Inbound Refinery to use Oracle OutsideIn PDF Export to convert native formats directly to PDF on multiple platforms without the use of any 3rdParty tools. Inbound Refinery Server WinNativeConverter Enables Inbound Refinery to convert native files to a PostScript file with either the native application or OutsideInX and convert the PostScript file to PDF using a third-party distiller engine on Windows platforms. Inbound Refinery Server OpenOfficeConversion Enables Inbound Refinery to convert supported native files direct to PDF on multiple platforms using Open Office. Inbound Refinery Server