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As some history?
I introduced the concept of "webify(ing)" PDF
in November 2004, as a direct solution to one posters
insistence in posting (flooding) 40GB of PDF to
the group. "Kellys Catalogues" was never completed
(as I knew at the outset it never would be) with many
folks involved in the resulting flame war, and *none*
having a clue as to what they were getting distraught over.
The facts are, the same archive, built correctly, may
well have been reduced to just a few hundred MB.
Other than a single individual (no longer with us) no
member of ABCP supported my direction in educating
folks how to use Adobe products to reduce PDF size.
In fact, universally, the reason was given was
"it is all too hard, just post them as they are".
The advocates of that mindset were more concerned
THEY might miss out on something they THOUGHT
might be of value. The posts were useless, the content
arguably trash being one persons view of how a
sewers "stash" should be compiled.
From time to time since then I have offered PDF
education (as recently as a few weeks ago) using
relatively easy to use and "small footprint" software.
I have also borne the brunt of the harping derision.
Once again... reducing file size in PDF is not that
difficult, it is however very important in developing
posting methods, as you yourself are discovering.
It is also important for HDD storage,, both on
servers and at home.
Any leech can type *.pdf into Windows Explorer
and SEE the number of >30MB <*.pdf> resident
on their HDDs.. all from ABCP postings.
Nowhere else on Usenet (I know of) posts PDF
as is done here.
ALL that is required is for the PDF off the CD to be
run through a virtual PDF printer. There are any
number of these both shareware and freeware.
Unlike Adobe products these tools are economical
to obtain AND much less complex.
http://www.dogpile.com/dogpile/ws/results/Web/freeware%20PDF%20print/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true
Use a search engine to find your own particular
PDF blend for the computer.
I have uploaded to <alt.binaries.dominion.moms.computer>
the printer I currently use.
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.dominion.moms.computer
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As a PDF reader I use this product:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/reader/reader42.html
In none of what I have read has anyone thanked you for
posting the file you did.
Do accept my gratitude for the work you have done
and the file as posted.
For screen reading only, I also ran the file to print
with a resulting file output of 1.3MB. This, using just
150dpi and a resolution of 12% for the jpegs..
That file will sit nicely on my HDD.. thanks :-)
cheers
--
hopper
Oh Look! Miracles will never cease!!!
The Usenet Guru admits people never listen to him since he stopped using
the BPucky name.
This was way back when he tried to formulate rules to make people be just
like him.....an asshole with OCD.
People learned very quickly to killfilter the know-it-all Usenet guru.
If you posted as "herb" they might listen to you.
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