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I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff
from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. Any ideas? Bob |
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:12:28 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote: I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. Any ideas? Bob ======= Get a different photo editor program to add text to the photos. A shareware that I like [try before donate/buy] is I-view. click on http://www.irfanview.com/ Even if you don't have their digital camera, you can download the software and these have text addition options and photo manipulation capabilities. click on http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/...load/software/ try the other brands in addition to the one you may own. Unka' George [George McDuffee] ============ Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814. |
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:12:28 -0400, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. You can post it to the wiki at http://metalworker.org/, it is publicly available and easy to use, you can upload images, PDFs etc. You will be making the content available under the GNU free documentation license. i |
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Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. Any ideas? Bob Much as I generally dislike them, an Acrobat PDF is probably the best format for this purpose. Not sure what you'd do with associated CAD files, etc. though. |
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Pete C. wrote:
Bob Engelhardt wrote: I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. Any ideas? Bob Much as I generally dislike them, an Acrobat PDF is probably the best format for this purpose. Not sure what you'd do with associated CAD files, etc. though. Unless you are offering the CAD file for editing, all that is really needed is a picture of the CAS screen. Simple JPG. Most CAD programs offer that feature. Richard |
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:37:20 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote: Much as I generally dislike them, an Acrobat PDF is probably the best format for this purpose. Not sure what you'd do with associated CAD files, etc. though. ====== easy solution -- download one of the "free" pdf printers and "print" the cad file as a pdf. see http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp Unka' George [George McDuffee] ============ Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814. |
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Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. There are many low cost webhosting options. Have you checked to see if your ISP offers personal webspace? You wouldn't have to host the pictures there (usually personal webspace is small) but you can put the *html file there pointing to the drop box entries. GoDaddy.com is a good provider for full service hosting. Wes |
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Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. You could do what I do which is to own your own domain name (costs about $5/yr to register) and have your ISP host your Web page. Or get a copy of Acrobat, which will allow you to PDF files including both text and photos. I use Adobe FrameMaker to make such files, but you can use any modern word processor. GWE |
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cavelamb himself wrote:
Pete C. wrote: Bob Engelhardt wrote: I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. Any ideas? Bob Much as I generally dislike them, an Acrobat PDF is probably the best format for this purpose. Not sure what you'd do with associated CAD files, etc. though. Unless you are offering the CAD file for editing, all that is really needed is a picture of the CAS screen. Simple JPG. Most CAD programs offer that feature. Richard I didn't mean pics of CAD documents, I meant the full document. If you look in the dropbox you'll find a good number of DXFs and similar for various project so people can use them if they want to build the project, particularly in the case where they want to build a variant of the project and the ability to edit the CAD file is helpful. |
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F. George McDuffee wrote:
====== easy solution -- download one of the "free" pdf printers and "print" the cad file as a pdf. see http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp Also PrimoPDF at: http://www.primopdf.com/ I use it on my Windows machines. technomaNge -- I spell "not interested" with 3 "F"s, a "C", a "K", plus the vowels "O" and "U". (Stolen from Gerry on r.c.m.) |
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:43:04 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, Wes
quickly quoth: Bob Engelhardt wrote: I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. There are many low cost webhosting options. Have you checked to see if your ISP offers personal webspace? You wouldn't have to host the pictures there (usually personal webspace is small) but you can put the *html file there pointing to the drop box entries. GoDaddy.com is a good provider for full service hosting. LunarPages.com is a MUCH better host, IMHO. GoDaddy email provisions suck and their daily advertising got way over the top quickly. -- According to our strength of character and our clarity of vision, we will endure, we will succeed, we will have contributed something to make life where we were and as we lived it better, brighter, and more beautiful. -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:12:28 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote: I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. Any ideas? Bob ========= After reviewing the instructions on using the dropbox at http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox.html a possible solution is to create the required text description file and one large zip file containing all the graphics, cnc/text, and cad files for that project. there are many free/share ware archivers that will create a zip file containing many files/types. see http://www.winzip.com/ seems to be the most popular. some others are http://www.topshareware.com/TurboZIP-download-10277.htm http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm google on zip archiver download for 6mm hits if you don't like any of these. For the people running linux or mac o/s, can you "unzip" files on your systems or do they need to be in the tar or some other format format? Unka' George [George McDuffee] ============ Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814. |
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:36:03 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
technomaNge quickly quoth: F. George McDuffee wrote: ====== easy solution -- download one of the "free" pdf printers and "print" the cad file as a pdf. see http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp Also PrimoPDF at: http://www.primopdf.com/ I use it on my Windows machines. I use Acrobat Pro and my client uses CutePDF. My output of his monthly calendars ranges between 86Kb and 143Kb. His are all just over a meg. I couldn't believe the difference. -- According to our strength of character and our clarity of vision, we will endure, we will succeed, we will have contributed something to make life where we were and as we lived it better, brighter, and more beautiful. -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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F. George McDuffee wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:37:20 GMT, "Pete C." wrote: Much as I generally dislike them, an Acrobat PDF is probably the best format for this purpose. Not sure what you'd do with associated CAD files, etc. though. ====== easy solution -- download one of the "free" pdf printers and "print" the cad file as a pdf. see No, that's basically the same thing at the JPG. Looks like DXF is the solution here. Best cross platform format available. Richard |
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file name is the key. They sort together. Suffix is the other key.
A file type. Martin Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/ Bob Engelhardt wrote: I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. Any ideas? Bob ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Will the dropbox accept (.mht)'s? It's a webpage saved as a single
file. Opens in a web browser. It's the default save for IE7. Karl On Sep 18, 10:12 am, Bob Engelhardt wrote: I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., seehttp://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. Any ideas? Bob |
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Thanks to all who replied - I got my answer and some other good stuff, too.
I have web space available on my ISP's server and I do use it. What I don't like about it is its volatility - I can clean it out, or move stuff and current links are broken. I see this a lot when searching for something in Google Groups. Another unfortunate example is Chipmaker's site - lot of good stuff would be just gone, except that it did get put in the web archive. I feel the DropBox is more secure. Not that my stuff is that precious - :^) Like George, I went and re-read the DropBox instructions (RTFM!). It doesn't prohibit html, but there is no current use of it, so I'll stay away. PDF's are used, though, and I like that idea. I didn't realize that there were free PDF converters available, so "thanks George", for the link to CutePDF (http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp)! I had done a recent project write up in html and put it in my web space: http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhar...scription.html I just used CutePDF to make it a pdf and put it in the DropBox: http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...nsionGauge.pdf (I "printed" to custom "paper" that was 32" long to get it on 1 page. Otherwise the images caused pagination with way too much white space.) I like the pdf much better - there is more flexibility in viewing it. Thanks again to all who replied, Bob |
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F. George McDuffee wrote:
Get a different photo editor program to add text to the photos. A shareware that I like [try before donate/buy] is I-view. click on http://www.irfanview.com/ .... Thanks. Even though I'm going the PDF route I downloaded IrfanView and will give it a try. Bob BTW - IrfanView is FREE for home use. |
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technomaNge wrote:
Also PrimoPDF at: http://www.primopdf.com/ .... Umm - I tried PrimoOnline (send it a file & it sends back a PDF) and it couldn't do an html-pdf conversion. Bob |
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Larry Jaques wrote:
I use Acrobat Pro and my client uses CutePDF. My output of his monthly calendars ranges between 86Kb and 143Kb. His are all just over a meg. .... The *one* conversion that I did with CutePDF created a pdf that was about the same size as the total jpg's that went into it. I may *buy* (gulp!) Acrobat Pro if I find CutePDF to be lacking. Thanks, Bob |
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:05:32 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: I use Acrobat Pro and my client uses CutePDF. My output of his monthly calendars ranges between 86Kb and 143Kb. His are all just over a meg. ... The *one* conversion that I did with CutePDF created a pdf that was about the same size as the total jpg's that went into it. I may *buy* (gulp!) Acrobat Pro if I find CutePDF to be lacking. CutePDF works well for line drawings, I use it for transmitting CAD drawings. I just sent about a dozen yesterday that ranged from very simple to pretty detailed. Sizes ranged from 26 to 70 KB. I've never used it much for other types of documents. -- Ned Simmons |
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:05:32 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, Bob
Engelhardt quickly quoth: Larry Jaques wrote: I use Acrobat Pro and my client uses CutePDF. My output of his monthly calendars ranges between 86Kb and 143Kb. His are all just over a meg. ... The *one* conversion that I did with CutePDF created a pdf that was about the same size as the total jpg's that went into it. I may *buy* (gulp!) Acrobat Pro if I find CutePDF to be lacking. Acrobat Standard v8: from $99 on Amazon; From $0.06 on eBay. ;) One nice thing is that you don't need the absolute newest version, either. v6 or 7 should work just peachy at a definitely easier drop in the money-pocket bulge. Thanks, Jewelcome. -- According to our strength of character and our clarity of vision, we will endure, we will succeed, we will have contributed something to make life where we were and as we lived it better, brighter, and more beautiful. -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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" wrote:
Will the dropbox accept (.mht)'s? It's a webpage saved as a single file. Opens in a web browser. It's the default save for IE7. Karl I thought of that, but I suspect it isn't cross platform compatible for the Max and Linux folks, or the IE averse. |
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Bob Engelhardt wrote:
technomaNge wrote: Also PrimoPDF at: http://www.primopdf.com/ ... Umm - I tried PrimoOnline (send it a file & it sends back a PDF) and it couldn't do an html-pdf conversion. Bob http://www.pdf995.com/ works ok on HTML http://home.earthlink.net/~mike.terrell/Sams-Index.html is a web page that was converted to this PDF file: http://home.earthlink.net/~mike.terrell/Sams-Index.pdf The only difference was that I removed the links before I printed the HTML file. The program uses Ghostscript, and is a shell program. It is free, but has an ad that opens. You can get rid of the ad by registering the program for $10. I use it on a computer without web access, so all it does is open a blank I.E. browser page. It installs as if it is another printer. You select 'pdf995' as the printer, then chose a folder and name the file. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Wes wrote:
Bob Engelhardt wrote: I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. There are many low cost webhosting options. Have you checked to see if your ISP offers personal webspace? You wouldn't have to host the pictures there (usually personal webspace is small) but you can put the *html file there pointing to the drop box entries. GoDaddy.com is a good provider for full service hosting. Wes http://ipower.com/webhosting_proplan.html -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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"F. George McDuffee" wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:12:28 -0400, Bob Engelhardt wrote: I like the DropBox for its permanence - one can go back & find stuff from years back. But I don't like the text & pictures separation - there's too much back & forth to get the whole project. I tried integrating them by having a composite with text (e.g., see http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/vibepolisher.jpg ). I like the result, pretty much, but I had to do it in PhotoShop, which is a pain to do text in. A web page can be formatted nicely, & easily, but it can't be stored in the DropBox and links tend to get broken. There is a FireFox add-on that will store a web page as a .jpg, but the jpg is too big & the text quality low. Any ideas? Bob ========= After reviewing the instructions on using the dropbox at http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox.html a possible solution is to create the required text description file and one large zip file containing all the graphics, cnc/text, and cad files for that project. there are many free/share ware archivers that will create a zip file containing many files/types. see http://www.winzip.com/ seems to be the most popular. some others are http://www.topshareware.com/TurboZIP-download-10277.htm http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm google on zip archiver download for 6mm hits if you don't like any of these. For the people running linux or mac o/s, can you "unzip" files on your systems or do they need to be in the tar or some other format format? Unka' George [George McDuffee] ============ Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814. Why not put everything in a single folder? Or get decent webhosting? http://ipower.com/webhosting_proplan.html -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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I copied a 6 megapixel photo and some text to Google Docs to see how
it works; http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgg9gkbh_0hfbzkf A second image of my sawmill exceeded its 2MB limit. jw |
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:18:12 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote: " wrote: Will the dropbox accept (.mht)'s? It's a webpage saved as a single file. Opens in a web browser. It's the default save for IE7. Karl I thought of that, but I suspect it isn't cross platform compatible for the Max and Linux folks, or the IE averse. Opera web browser supports the mht format now. It is available for Mac, Linux, Windows... See: http://www.opera.com/ The freeware program 7-Zip has become quite popular too. See: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/ I myself would prefer a zip archive with the project that could be dumped onto a local directory (shrug). Let the text file convince me that I really want to download/save it. -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b Remove no.spam for email |
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:05:32 -0400, the renowned Bob Engelhardt
wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: I use Acrobat Pro and my client uses CutePDF. My output of his monthly calendars ranges between 86Kb and 143Kb. His are all just over a meg. ... The *one* conversion that I did with CutePDF created a pdf that was about the same size as the total jpg's that went into it. I may *buy* (gulp!) Acrobat Pro if I find CutePDF to be lacking. Thanks, Bob That sounds quite reasonable. Acrobat has the option to globally downsample images to lower resolution, IIRC, so you can create relatively small crappy pdfs, but I imagine that if CutePDF doesn't do that you could manually reduce the resolution of the photos first-- in fact a good image editing program (eg. Photoshop) might do a better job downsampling than Acrobat. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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According to Pete C. :
" wrote: Will the dropbox accept (.mht)'s? It's a webpage saved as a single file. Opens in a web browser. It's the default save for IE7. The odds are that it will be rejected -- if it is any kind of possible path for a virus infection. Same with anything else which can be automatically executed by IE or the like -- which even includes some audio and movie formats. :-) I thought of that, but I suspect it isn't cross platform compatible for the Max and Linux folks, or the IE averse. Let alone those of us who use machines like my Sun workstations, which *can't* run IE (thank goodness.) :-) Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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