Mary:
Thank you for the reply. I converted a jpg to a pdf to see the
results myself but thank you for the offer to send a copy.
I like the results. Much easier to read on the screen in pdf than in
a picture browser as a jpg. I think I may go back and get all the
Census and similar documents that I can from Ancestry, etc. and
resave all of them as originals to a pdf file which should make them
the clearest they can be (which can be important with the quality of
some Census'). I'll compare the difference between an original scan
to pdf vs. converting a jpg to pdf then make the final decision. I
was surprised to see they are about the same size file (would have
expected a pdf to be much bigger).
Thanks for the idea!
Cathy Vallevieni
Orange County, CA
At 10:44 AM 8/5/2008, you wrote:
I like to save jpg or tiff scans of one page documents to a pdf
file. That format is known and used in many countries and almost
every computer has Adobe Reader software on it, as most software
manuals and US gov forms are offered in this format.
The utility, FastStone Image viewer, is free when used in non
commercial settings (free for home use) and will save a jpg or tiff
file to pdf format. When opening this pdf file in Adobe Reader, it
can be printed or read easily. I save almost all of my Legacy source
documents to pdf format.
If interested in taking a look, this image viewer can be found at
<http://www.faststone.org>www.faststone.org and it's the first
offering on the right hand side on their opening screen.
Mary
I can send an example of a jpg file and same converted to pdf file
via FastStone, if you'd like to compare. Just send your request to
mleek at sbcglobal dot net
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From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Trippsibs5
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Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Which file is best for a 1-page written document?
Has anyone found that using .jpg or .tiff or another format is best
for attaching a scanned 1-page written document to a Source? I know
these will open in any photo program so most people will be able to
view them just like they can a photo.
Thanks.
Cathy Vallevieni
Orange County, CA
Cathy,
Another tip.
I haven't added scans to my program and I haven't read about the
complexities of resolution & compression & whatever on an image. With that
wealth of knowlwdge, I'll pass along a suggestion from an earlier post on
LUG.
Someone (I apologize for not remembering their name) suggested saving black
& white documents as greyscale, a smaller file than a save as color. I
assume .bmp or .tiff allows this. as .jpg works fine. As suggested in this
thread, check to see if the detail is acceptable.
Regards, Jane Tripp
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