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David_LLAMA4x4

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Someone out there will know but I don't!! I am an offroader who owns a
computer, not a computer buff that happens to own a Land Rover... ( my
excuse for being only semi computer literate! )

Is there a program out there at reasonable cost ( not £700 as quoted by
one place ) that will allow me to save MSPublisher files ( preferably ) or
other files as a PDF?
If there is what is it called and where does it come from? Downloading is
not a good option for me as we cannot get broadband here yet and regularly
get a connection speed of just 40.6k

David
LLAMA 4x4
www.llama4x4.co.uk



 
David_LLAMA4x4 composed the following ...
> Someone out there will know but I don't!! I am an offroader who owns a
> computer, not a computer buff that happens to own a Land Rover... ( my
> excuse for being only semi computer literate! )
>
> Is there a program out there at reasonable cost ( not £700 as quoted by
> one place ) that will allow me to save MSPublisher files ( preferably ) or
> other files as a PDF?
> If there is what is it called and where does it come from? Downloading is
> not a good option for me as we cannot get broadband here yet and regularly
> get a connection speed of just 40.6k

http://www.pdf995.com/

Small download, acts like a printer after installation. Make your document
in any program, 'print' it to a pdf file with PDF995. Works brilliantly, I
use it regularly.

Also get PDFEdit so you can configure it easily.

It's a freeware with sponsors pages, and costs a small amount to register.
IMHO, if you makePDF's regularly, it's well worth it.

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... ;)
"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."


 
Try also www.fineprint.com they have a program called PDF factory which is
very good. US$50. I have used the fineprint program from the same people for
several years and its great.

Cheers,

Neil.


"Paul - xxx" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> David_LLAMA4x4 composed the following ...
> > Someone out there will know but I don't!! I am an offroader who owns a
> > computer, not a computer buff that happens to own a Land Rover... ( my
> > excuse for being only semi computer literate! )
> >
> > Is there a program out there at reasonable cost ( not £700 as quoted by
> > one place ) that will allow me to save MSPublisher files ( preferably )
or
> > other files as a PDF?
> > If there is what is it called and where does it come from? Downloading
is
> > not a good option for me as we cannot get broadband here yet and
regularly
> > get a connection speed of just 40.6k
>
> http://www.pdf995.com/
>
> Small download, acts like a printer after installation. Make your
document
> in any program, 'print' it to a pdf file with PDF995. Works brilliantly,
I
> use it regularly.
>
> Also get PDFEdit so you can configure it easily.
>
> It's a freeware with sponsors pages, and costs a small amount to register.
> IMHO, if you makePDF's regularly, it's well worth it.
>
> --
> Paul ...
> http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
> (8(!) Homer Rules ... ;)
> "A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."
>
>


 
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:04:38 -0000, David_LLAMA4x4 wrote:

> Downloading is not a good option for me as we cannot get broadband
> here yet and regularly get a connection speed of just 40.6k

But surely you are not paying for the time your are online are you?
Plenty of offerings of 24/7 unlimited dialup access for a fixed fee
per month, around the =A312 to =A318 mark. It doesn't take long at 1p/mi=
n
to spend that sort of money in a month, just one or two hours/day
online.

Once time based online costs are eliminated just start the download
going as you go to bed and it'll be done in the morning...

As for a .pdf generator several have been mentioned but do they just
create a large (read huge) .pdf graphic of the entire output or do
they generate a "real" .pdf with graphics as graphics and text as
text, thus searchable?

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
Dave Liquorice composed the following ...

> As for a .pdf generator several have been mentioned but do they just
> create a large (read huge) .pdf graphic of the entire output or do
> they generate a "real" .pdf with graphics as graphics and text as
> text, thus searchable?

PDF995 does produce a fully searchable (I used Adobe Reader 6.0) text and
graphics separated output. I just tried it with a standard template from
Publisher ... ;)

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... ;)
"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."


 

"David_LLAMA4x4" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Someone out there will know but I don't!! I am an offroader who owns a
> computer, not a computer buff that happens to own a Land Rover... ( my
> excuse for being only semi computer literate! )
>
> Is there a program out there at reasonable cost ( not £700 as quoted by
> one place ) that will allow me to save MSPublisher files ( preferably ) or
> other files as a PDF?
> If there is what is it called and where does it come from? Downloading
is
> not a good option for me as we cannot get broadband here yet and regularly
> get a connection speed of just 40.6k
>
> David
> LLAMA 4x4
> www.llama4x4.co.uk
>
>
>

Many thanks for all the info - I now have the ability to create PDF's !!!

I don't pay for the calls on dial up, just the monthly fee but I don't
know if ot os a Freeserve or BT thing but I get cut off every 2 hours!

Many thanks everyone

David
LLAMA 4x4
www.llama4x4.co.uk



 
So David_LLAMA4x4 was, like

>> I don't pay for the calls on dial up, just the monthly fee but I
> don't know if ot os a Freeserve or BT thing but I get cut off every 2
> hours!

BT cut you off every two hours (or so they say - I've often been on much
longer without a problem) as a way of reducing wasted bandwidth. (They make
this quite clear in their T&C). Freeserve may well do the same. It's
annoying, but not catastrophic.

--

Rich

Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous


 
On Thursday, in article <[email protected]>
[email protected] "Richard Brookman" wrote:

> So David_LLAMA4x4 was, like
>
> >> I don't pay for the calls on dial up, just the monthly fee but I
> > don't know if ot os a Freeserve or BT thing but I get cut off every 2
> > hours!
>
> BT cut you off every two hours (or so they say - I've often been on much
> longer without a problem) as a way of reducing wasted bandwidth. (They make
> this quite clear in their T&C). Freeserve may well do the same. It's
> annoying, but not catastrophic.

I've downloaded paid-for software which needed much longer than two
hours, and the sites didn't support download managers such as GetRight.
If it's triggered by no-traffic a two-hour cut-off would be OK.
Otherwise...

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

Wrought under license granted by Her Majesty's Apostropher Royal AD MMIV
 
So "David G. Bell" was, like

> On Thursday, in article <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Richard Brookman" wrote:
>
>> So David_LLAMA4x4 was, like
>>
>>>> I don't pay for the calls on dial up, just the monthly fee but I
>>> don't know if ot os a Freeserve or BT thing but I get cut off every
>>> 2 hours!
>>
>> BT cut you off every two hours (or so they say - I've often been on
>> much longer without a problem) as a way of reducing wasted
>> bandwidth. (They make this quite clear in their T&C). Freeserve
>> may well do the same. It's annoying, but not catastrophic.
>
> I've downloaded paid-for software which needed much longer than two
> hours, and the sites didn't support download managers such as
> GetRight. If it's triggered by no-traffic a two-hour cut-off would be
> OK. Otherwise...

I don't tend to do this, so it doesn't affect me. I reckon a lot of BT
customers are relatively unaware of the niceties of netiquette, and if they
are given 24/7 access for a fixed fee may well leave the connection on while
they go and walk the dog, thereby wasting a lot of bandwidth. As I said,
it's all in the T&C, and anyone for whom this is a problem is free to go
elsewhere. I was just pointing out to David that it *is* a BT thing. You're
right, though - cutting off after two hours of no activity would be better.

--

Rich

Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous


 

"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So "David G. Bell" was, like
>
>> On Thursday, in article <[email protected]>
>> [email protected] "Richard Brookman" wrote:
>>
>>> So David_LLAMA4x4 was, like
>>>
>>>>> I don't pay for the calls on dial up, just the monthly fee but I
>>>> don't know if ot os a Freeserve or BT thing but I get cut off every
>>>> 2 hours!
>>>
>>> BT cut you off every two hours (or so they say - I've often been on
>>> much longer without a problem) as a way of reducing wasted
>>> bandwidth. (They make this quite clear in their T&C). Freeserve
>>> may well do the same. It's annoying, but not catastrophic.
>>
>> I've downloaded paid-for software which needed much longer than two
>> hours, and the sites didn't support download managers such as
>> GetRight. If it's triggered by no-traffic a two-hour cut-off would be
>> OK. Otherwise...
>
> I don't tend to do this, so it doesn't affect me. I reckon a lot of BT
> customers are relatively unaware of the niceties of netiquette, and if
> they are given 24/7 access for a fixed fee may well leave the connection
> on while they go and walk the dog, thereby wasting a lot of bandwidth. As
> I said, it's all in the T&C, and anyone for whom this is a problem is free
> to go elsewhere. I was just pointing out to David that it *is* a BT thing.
> You're right, though - cutting off after two hours of no activity would be
> better.
>
> --
>
> Rich
>
My old freeserve connection did the same, cut you off right in the middle of
something just because 120 minutes were up. Having said that, it would cut
me off at anything between 15 min and 120 min depending on how busy the
servers were!!! One of the many reasons I left freeserve (wanadoo) and went
bt broadband, which is brill. No spam, no connection issues, and fast
downloading.
Badger.


 
So Badger was, like

> One of the many reasons I
> left freeserve (wanadoo) and went bt broadband, which is brill. No
> spam, no connection issues, and fast downloading.
> Badger.

Lucky person. We are scheduled to get broadband to our exchange in April
2005 - but we have now learned that we may be too many km from the exchange
and might not get it at all.

Having broadband at work makes your home 56k connection seem worse than it
really is.

Bah humbug.


--

Rich

Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous


 

"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So Badger was, like
>
> > One of the many reasons I
> > left freeserve (wanadoo) and went bt broadband, which is brill. No
> > spam, no connection issues, and fast downloading.
> > Badger.
>
> Lucky person. We are scheduled to get broadband to our exchange in April
> 2005 - but we have now learned that we may be too many km from the
exchange
> and might not get it at all.
>
> Having broadband at work makes your home 56k connection seem worse than it
> really is.
>
> Bah humbug.
>
>
> --
>
> Rich
>
> Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous
>
>

Same problem with distance from exchange but we haven't even had a
proposed date for the village getting it yet without us out of the village
and up in the hills folk even having a sniff of it!
The local secondary school ( 6 miles from us ) regularly sends letters
back with the kids asking us to badgfer BT so they can get it!

David
LLAMA 4x4
www.llama4x4.co.uk



 

"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So Badger was, like
>
>> One of the many reasons I
>> left freeserve (wanadoo) and went bt broadband, which is brill. No
>> spam, no connection issues, and fast downloading.
>> Badger.
>
> Lucky person. We are scheduled to get broadband to our exchange in April
> 2005 - but we have now learned that we may be too many km from the
> exchange and might not get it at all.
>
> Having broadband at work makes your home 56k connection seem worse than it
> really is.
>
Yep, waited 2 years for enough people on this exchange to signify an
interest in broadband before they (BT) would upgrade the exchange to be
broadband capable. We are 4 miles from the exchange and all works ok, but I
don't know what sort of distance you would need to be within?
Badger.


 
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:50:13 -0000, Richard Brookman wrote:

> but we have now learned that we may be too many km from the exchange
> and might not get it at all.

The previously existing distance limits of 6km as the cable goes where
lifted a couple of months back. Over 6km BT insist on an engineer
visit to change the NTE face plate so that the ADSL signal is split
out as quickly as possible. Iffy extension wiring and dubious quality
micro filters were found to be a major cause of problems.

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
So Dave Liquorice was, like

> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:50:13 -0000, Richard Brookman wrote:
>
>> but we have now learned that we may be too many km from the exchange
>> and might not get it at all.
>
> The previously existing distance limits of 6km as the cable goes where
> lifted a couple of months back. Over 6km BT insist on an engineer
> visit to change the NTE face plate so that the ADSL signal is split
> out as quickly as possible. Iffy extension wiring and dubious quality
> micro filters were found to be a major cause of problems.

That's really good news, thanks.

--

Rich

Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous


 
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