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  • BadBeardBadBeard
    edited February 2003
    On 2003-02-28 00:16, Dunny wrote:
    An* I'm pl$?ging th(s l&ft an# @ight as it's $y <irst [email=".p@f"].p@f[/email] !nd I?m r"t%er chuffed wit) *he r?$%lt.

    D.

    Hey! What's going on here? All the text has uploaded oddly... I can't make that last bit out. Can you repeat that just one more time Dunny please? :D
  • Paul van der LaanPaul van der Laan
    edited February 2003
    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/EliteDocs.zip

    Hmmm. I sadly couldn't open the zip file with Stuffit Expander on OS X. Have other people experienced difficulties as well?

    There's little to be gained by zipping a PDF though, since the format uses compression techniques internally.
  • Philip KendallPhilip Kendall
    edited February 2003
    On 2003-02-28 09:26, Paul van der Laan wrote:
    Hmmm. I sadly couldn't open the zip file with Stuffit Expander on OS X. Have other people experienced difficulties as well?

    Works OK here (Linux/i386 or Solaris 9).

  • DunnyDunny
    edited February 2003
    Hmmm. I sadly couldn't open the zip file with Stuffit Expander on OS X. Have other people experienced difficulties as well?

    Right, going up on my site at:

    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/EliteMan.pdf

    so you should be able to see it.

    Comments on it, anyone?

    D.
  • Paul van der LaanPaul van der Laan
    edited March 2003
    Sorry for the previous post, there was something wrong with my Expander. I managed to open the zip file fine today...

    Wow! This must have been _a lot_ of typework! It looks really neat and complete.

    I have a few remarks:
    - I guess you used Distiller rather than the 'Virtual PDF writer': that's a good thing.
    - It's Acrobat 4 compatible: that's also a good thing.
    - You used TrueType fonts (Arial and Times) and that's not wrong, but not really recommended. PDF is PostScript and embedding TrueTypes can cause printing problems.
    - What's the resolution of the pictures? Did you set the compression preferences to downscale them to 72 DPI? It might make the PDF's a bit smaller in filesize.
  • DunnyDunny
    edited March 2003
    On 2003-03-03 10:53, Paul van der Laan wrote:
    I have a few remarks:

    - You used TrueType fonts (Arial and Times) and that's not wrong, but not really recommended. PDF is PostScript and embedding TrueTypes can cause printing problems.
    How can I prevent that? I created the original in M$ Word97 - and then ran the resulting .doc through the distiller. If I can remove any potential problems (and the times font, as I don't think I actually *used* it in the document), then I'd love to know how.
    - What's the resolution of the pictures? Did you set the compression preferences to downscale them to 72 DPI? It might make the PDF's a bit smaller in filesize.

    I think they're actually a bit small - I'd prefer a better, higher resolution myself :) I'll have a play and see what I can do.

    Thanks,
    D.
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