"flipper" wrote in message
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On Fri, 2 May 2008 23:40:16 -0500, "Dave" wrote:

Just out of curiosity, why does the pdf contained in the attachment to
this
message give me an error when I try to open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader
(8.0, I *think*)? File corrupted and could not be read, or some such. Am
I
doing something wrong? I've got time on my hands, and was going to just
download the bunch one at a time.

Well, you can download 'the bunch' one at a time but you can't
save/read them one at a time because they're 'parts' of a pdf file,
not a pdf file themselves.

The message you're replying to is "Graf - Encyclopedia of Electronic
Circuits - File 01 of 14 - Graf - Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits
- Vol 1.pdf (01/68)." Note the ending (01/60). That means it's part 1
of a file that, all totaled, takes 60 parts to make up. Each 'part' is
a separate USENET message. (This rather cryptic methodology developed
because USENET was not originally intended for transmitting binary
files)

To get the *file* you have to download all parts and combine the parts
into one. Then you can save the reconstructed file.

Outlook Express is not a very good reader for doing binaries but it
can combine them nonetheless. Select all the parts then right click
(or from the menu -- MESSAGE) and choose "Combine and Decode." Make
sure all parts are in order in the window that pops up, then click
"OK."

Most, if not all, 3'rd party news readers will do that automatically
and if you would like to take advantage of USENET binaries I suggest
you get one, like Xnews or Gravity (both free) or a pay for reader.


Thanks,

Dave

"Andy Cap" wrote in message
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Why thank you, Flipper. I thought there was an error in the uploading of
the different parts because one contained an attachment and the others
didn't. I'll try what you describe. Thanks again.

Dave