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Problems with an old article (post #92582)

Marqcogan on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 00:13
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Page 2 of the PDF of this article:

http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/ToolGuide/ToolGuidePDF.aspx?id=2062

has many (important!) lines of text missing. Is there any way to flag articles as having mangled PDFs so that they can get fixed (rescanned, whatever)?

Thanks,

Mark.

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by forestgirl in reply to Marqcogan [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 04:07

Where are they missing?  I scanned it, paying closest attention to the beginning and end, but didn't notice anything wrong.  My old eyes?

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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by Marqcogan in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 04:25

Ah -- if it looks OK to you, then I should probably try another PDF reader (I used Preview on a MAC). I'll try Acrobat on a PC and see if that makes a difference,

Thanks!

Mark.

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by forestgirl in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 05:08

I opened it in Internet Explorer, but when I open in a reader I use Fox-It -- way less bulky than Acrobat, a quick download.  Just an FYI, in case you hadn't heard of it.

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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by Marqcogan in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 05:23

Acrobat on XP worked fine. Good to know.

Thanks for the tip!

Mark.

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by mapleman in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 05:25

FG,


You should send Taunton a bill for your services!


Lee

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by dgreen in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 07:17

I agree! And Taunton should have a link to Foxit if they are going to use pdf files. Adobe makes some of the most intrusive, bloated junk software out there.

 


 


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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Jack London

 

 

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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
~ Denis Diderot

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by forestgirl in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 13:51

Do you use FoxIt too, Don??  I've had a problem installing an add-on, the JPEG2/JBIG Decoder, so there are a few documents out there that aren't working for me.  Have you instaled that add-on??

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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by dgreen in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 16:39

I've not tried any of the add-ons. I like to keep it lean and fast. Have you come across embedded jpegs in pdf's?

 


 


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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Jack London

 

 

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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
~ Denis Diderot

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by forestgirl in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 01:51

I downloaded and tried to open a WWing plan from somewhere (ahhh, the mind goes first) the other day, and it wouldn't open with images because they were the new type that requires the add-on.  BTW:  It' less than 200 KB, hardly a heavy add-on.


forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 



Edited 8/6/2008 9:55 pm by forestgirl

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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by dgreen in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 03:33

That's good to know. I have not come across that problem yet but sure as shootin I will and I'll keep that in mind. Glad to hear even the add ons are nice and trim!!


Thank you.


 


 


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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Jack London

 

 

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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
~ Denis Diderot

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by forestgirl in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 04:40

Trim?  More like anorexic!!!  Makes me wonder what in the H_|| Adobe puts in all those megabytes we're downloading.

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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by forestgirl in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 04:53

Ooops, I just realized that 197 file size may be the Zipped size, before it's unzipped.  too late now to figure it out, gotta get some zzzz's.

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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by KiddervilleAcres in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 16:55

Don,


And Taunton should have a link to Foxit if they are going to use pdf files.


Why?


Bob @ Kidderville Acres


A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

Bob @ Kidderville Acres

A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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by dgreen in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 17:14

Just in the interest of having their content easily accessible. I would'nt mind seeing a link section with links to their advertisers and other products useful to woodworkers too.

 


 


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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Jack London

 

 

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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
~ Denis Diderot

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by KiddervilleAcres in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 17:27

Don,


I would'nt mind seeing a link section with links to their advertisers and other products useful to woodworkers too.


Now that would be nice!  I realize that in the mag. the advertisers usually have their WEBsites in the ads if they have one but you're right.  It would help everyone and reinforce their commitment to their advertisers as well.


Along the lines of Freeware have you used pdf995?  Great way to create/edit .PDF files from any application as it's basically a printer driver, for lack of a better description.  There are addons that give it a lot of flexibility.


Regards,


Bob @ Kidderville Acres


A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

Bob @ Kidderville Acres

A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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by Len in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 19:33

Don,


It wouldn't be appropriate to put a link to Foxit. Since the PDF format is owned by Adobe. The only link that would be appropriate would be to Adobe Acrobat.


However, I agree with you about the advertisers and other products.


Len


"You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. " J. S. Knox

Len "You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. " J. S. Knox
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by davcefai in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 19:49

The PDF format is now an ISO standard. Probably Adobe don't care about the readers - theirs is free anyway. They make their money from the creation software, where they have a long headstart over the competition.

The PDF format is now so free and open that OpenOffice can actually write PDF files. I use this feature a lot so that I can distribute documents which are more or less platform agnostic.

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by MBerger in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 18:25

Here's the link to our Advertiser's Index:


http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/fw_adindex.asp


It's not the easiest thing to find. On the homepage, click on the magazine cover, then click on the "Advertiser Index" link in the subnavigation on that page.


Matt Berger
Fine Woodworking

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by dgreen in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 18:29

Excellent!! Many thanks Matt!!


 


Don


 


 


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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Jack London

 

 

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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
~ Denis Diderot

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GEide in reply to Marqcogan [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 20:00

Hi Mark,


Sounds like you've received good advice from other Knots members (thanks folks for chiming in!)


Yes, Foxit's is a good suggestion. Or just download the latest version of Adobe and that should sort out the weird formatting: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html


Thanks,


Gina
FineWoodworking.com

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Anonymous [original] on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 22:15

Gina,
Are your still handling "cafe"
If so I'd like to put my name in.
Thanks
Boiler

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GEide in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 12:49

You're in. Gina

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Anonymous [original] on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 13:40

Thank you