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Re: idea book revisited
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 22 Dec 2001 15:24:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh writes:
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> "Josh Baakko" <shi_web@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Goo0Js.4tt@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.trains, Christopher Tracey writes:
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> > > The best way to overcome this is to make the idea book on a cd-rom in
> > > pdf format.
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> > How about an .EXE (exicutable program) type thingy? My computer won't • load
> > .pdf files :-(
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> > Josh
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> Creating an executable program is waaaay more work than creating an Acrobat
> (.pdf) document. One of the nice things about Acrobat documents is their
> portability. Why won't your computer load PDF files? Do you have Acrobat
> Reader installed?
Yes, but it'll open them but it never shows anything. EXE's are simple with
Visual Basic... I've made a few (one was a test to see how I could do my
shop inventory, but then I found Brickbay!).
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> If not, download it from:
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
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> A couple of comments on the decision to use Acrobat (which I think is a good
> one). Acrobat documents can be optimized for press, screen, or print. You
> may want to include print and screen versions on the CD. Screen versions
> load quickly when working electronically but typically don't have the
> resolution one would want for printing. Print or Press quality will load
> very slowly but prints well. Since you should have lots of space on a CD,
> providing both shouldn't be much of a problem.
I'd buy the CD anyways, & HOPE that maybe the .pdf file were just gettin
messed up on my slow downloading computer.
Josh
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> Mike
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> --
> Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
> http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
> http://www.carolinatrainbuilders - Carolina Train Builders
> http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
> Mike
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| (...) As Mike said the advantage of a pdf is its portability, and I think that is what we are aiming for in the idea book. cheers, -chris (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Josh Baakko" <shi_web@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Goo0Js.4tt@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) load (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Creating an executable program is waaaay more work than creating an Acrobat (.pdf) document. One of (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.trains)
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