Have they thought about allowing a Book to be created in WORD format - which could include the pictures? That would make this all easy!!
Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PHOTOS NOT STAYING WITH RTF FORMAT > Hi Herb, > > Well you can keep the photos in your Legacy generated text AND add more > text if you use a program like PDF Solid Converter which can convert a PDF > to Word format - BUT you lose the index accuracy as the codes aren't > embedded so you can't easily revise the index - without adding the index > codes yourself - and it's probably easier to add the photos. > > Version 1 was free on a recent computer magazine CD in Australia - this > version didn't work with the format Legacy uses but I trialled version 2 > and it did - but I didn't buy it because of the index problem. > > There are many programs that will print Word files etc to pdf, some of them > free - but I'm not about to add 100s of photos to a 300 page plus RTF > document just so I can add a bit of general text. Perhaps I would if I were > actually hard copy publishing a book, as I don't expect that process to be > fully automated I expect a published book to be a more varied than an > automated report. > > Cheers, > Cathy > At 23:38 22/07/2004, you wrote: > > >If you have the right program(s) you can do it ALL. > > > >Generate an .RTF file from Legacy, fix it up as you like in a capable word > >processor and then save it as a .PDF file. Word Perfect 9 or later does a > >fantastic job. There are programs available that will convert text to > >.PDF also, some may even be free. > > > >Herb. > > > >>I rather figured that is the way it is. > >> > >>It guess I will have to live with RTF, as I do, as you said, like to add > >>addition information to the text, thus prohibiting the pdf format. > >> > > > >Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > >To unsubscribe please visit: > >http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
