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For those of you that might need to make PDF Docs/Files this is a nice package. AcroPDF http://www.acropdf.com/

I have downloaded the trial version and it is very simple to use………even I can get the hang of it.


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Dermot


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The one I've been using for the past couple of years is PDF Factory from http://www.pdffactory.com/

It is used like a printer to print any document to, then it can be saved as a pdf. A 3000k publisher file is reduced to a couple of hundred k so makes it easy to email or post on a website for quick download.
 
Lance are you a pirate? Aargh!

I think tomorrow will be talk like a pirate day around the shop.

Thanks for the idea.
 
Spot on, I had my sword sitting at my desk at the time too!

If you have a CMC I can send you my sword layouts for pirate day(s).
 
Originally posted by Lance E:
aargh, buy the real thing
aaaaaaaarrrrrrggghhhhh, avast and ahoy mayteees......it's OK for wealthy Kiwis to suggest buying expensive software! ;) ;) ;)
 
You get what you pay for... or rather, we get [for printing] the problems you create with free stuff.
 
Hi Lance

I did look at the real thing and struggled with it……I just could not get it to work for me it was not user friendly……that was me rather than Adobe……..I struggle with most software……….

I will for the most part only need PDF’s to send quotations and technical specifications for the products I sell………..I’m selling into some industries that need to have secure documentation for tractability…….for example the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industries ………………….one project I have been working on is getting one of the mats that I sell passed for worldwide use in class 100 Cleanrooms by one of the worlds biggest Pharmaceutical companies ……………….I have a file on that project that is now 9” thick…..and all of the documents I have produced needed to be faxed as I could not produce PDF’s…………….it was becoming a pain in the a*s till I found AcroPDF….this project should be worth about €20,000 to €30,000 margin to me in Ireland over the next 3 years and to the mat manufacture (a very small European Company) it should position them as the leader in their field worldwide…………….I was able to manage this project because of my background in the cleanroom industry…

I have tried Adobe, I have Coral, and PDF Factory, I just could not get them to work for me……..cost was NOT an issue…….Coral licence alone has cost me €700.00+…………………ease of us was my problem………………….

An IT expert from one of the largest engineering companies in Europe suggested that I try AcroPDF as they had similar issues as I had with various PDF programs and found AcroPDF one of the most user friendly packages in the world they have 800+ licences for AcroPDF in use in their business….

Lastly given my personal circumstances around the computer/IT industry I would under no circumstances take short cuts with software or software licences……though I will search for user friendly options….

AcroPDF is a shareware program not a free program you need to buy a licence to use the full package….


Dermot
 
I have a question. Someone sent me an e-mail with an attached PDF document which is a funny obit I'd like to send along to Warped. I want to highlight it, copy to MS clipboard, and paste into the Grumble. It won't work. It allows me to "Copy to the Clipboard" but it sure isn't the clipboard I'm used to using since I can't find it anywhere. From the PDF, it won't highlight, copy, OR paste. :(

What am I doing wrong??
 
Is the text in the Acrobat file light on a dark background? If so, the text may be on the clipboard but “shows up” as white text on a white background.

Or, the author of the document may have copy protected it to prohibit copying and pasting.
 
Does the mouse arrow/cursor look like a hand or a big "I" (like in a word processing document)? If it looks like a hand, in the upper left part of the window there should be an icon that looks like a hand, and right next to it a box that says "Select Text". Click on that and then you should be able to select and copy/paste text.

If it doesn't say "Select Text", but "Select Table" or "Select Image", click the small down-arrown immediately to the right of the text and then select "Select Text".

If the source is formated in a column or table, then use "Select Table" and draw a box around the text you want before copying.

HTH
 
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