JL:
Cool tool!
Cathy Vallevieni
Orange County, CA
At 04:12 PM 8/5/2008, you wrote:
Magnifying images in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (and Legacy at
times) is a nuisance, so I never use it. There's a tool called
Virtual Magnifying Glass that works much better on any screen. And it's free.
http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/
JL
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html
Cathy Vallevieni wrote:
JL:
Good point, especially for 1-page documents where you can see the
actual document at the bottom of the Source screen and in other
reports without having to open it in Adobe. PDF probably still
makes more sense for multiple page documents, however.
Now I'll have to decide whether I want to see the document directly
or whether I want to view it more clearly and easily in Adobe.
What a great group with all the ideas and various viewpoints. No
one can say you don't get an all-encompassing viewpoint of a subject.
To everyone that has suggested alternative programs to view and
create PDF files, thank you and I'm sure they've been helpful to
many LUG members. I actually own a copy of Adobe Acrobat that I
use for my business so I'm covered for both creation and reading.
Mike & Tim, thanks for the info on converting a web page to a
PDF. I use Firefox and will keep that in mind.
Way to come through, again, group!
Cathy Vallevieni
Orange County, CA
At 12:15 PM 8/5/2008, you wrote:
At one time I put all my jpg images (such as census records and
scanned marriage certificates) into pdf because I thought it was
so neat and nifty. I later changed them all back to jpg's for two
reasons. One, I can see them directly when they're linked into
Legacy and two, for IPTC-embedded info. Just to give you the
opposite perspective.
JL
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html
Cathy Vallevieni wrote:
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 www.faststone.org <http://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
----- Original Message -----
From: Trippsibs5 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
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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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