Re: reading PT's documentation
Hi, I just discovered you could convert RTF files to text files in text edit, it's in the format menu, but my Mac has a French system so it could be called something else in English. Anyway, that gets you rid of all the annoying PNG files mentioned earlier. Best, JPR http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel - Original Message - From: Slau Halatyn To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 2:18 PM Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation Hi JP, I'm not sure whether anything has changed with the documentation other than the obvious additional information. I doubt anything has truly changed in the way the files the files are authored. Also, I don't use Lion so I'm not aware of any particular changes to Preview. The Continuous setting is necessary because otherwise you'd be selecting the text from only one page at a time. The PNG files are probably images. The fact that those are being pasted in would normally be a good thing for people but in this case I understand that it's distracting. I don't know of any better solution for now. It seems that reading in Preview might be the simplest solution as long as one doesn't intend on going back and forth between Pro Tools and the same paragraph in the manual. Cheers, Slau On Mar 29, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: Dear Slau. I have problems converting The new ProTools documentation to a simple text file. I don't know if these problems are due to the new documentation itself or two something new in lion. 1, in preview now, continuous and single page are mutually exclusive so I don't know which one to use. 2, pressing command A to select all text doesn't always work, sometimes, I get an error beep but I don't know in which circumstances. 3, Then, when I actually succeed in copying and pasting into text edit, the result is full of things text edit refers to as PNG files, which unpleasantly get in the way when reading the text. Maybe, text edit is not the best solution, what do you think? Are there other settings and preview I should change? Thanks very much for your help. Cheers, JPR What happens is that, once converted, http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel - Original Message - From: Slau Halatyn To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 5:10 PM Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation Open the pdf in Preview, set the View option to "Single Page Continuous," select the Text Tool from the Tools menu, select all text and copy it to any text editor. HTH, Slau On Mar 28, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Steve Martin wrote: I have the PT 10 manual converted to RTF if anyone wants it drop me an email off list requesting it as its too large of an attachment to send to the list. I should be able to convert the PT 9 manual as well if there is enough demand. That being said I used Kurzweil to do the conversion of the manual since i have it installed on my work laptop. Does anyone know of a utility for doing the same on the mac, that is free or inexpensive, and accessible? Yeah i am aware there is DocuScanPlus and i do plan on picking it up at some point, but there is gotta be away to get that functionality without spending $300 upfront. On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote: Hey JP, The quirky thing about Preview is that, if you switch applications and come back to it, you'll be thrown back up to the top of the page. For this reason, perhaps it's better to export a text file and read in that manner. That said, I've always been a proponent of reading through the manual at least twice: once from beginning to end without stopping and the second time with Pro Tools in front of you while stopping to try some of the things that are being described. HTH, Slau On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: Hi friends, I have to confess, I haven't done so much with pro tools since I got it. The reason is too much work with sonar and not enough time for experimenting. I'm going to start an intensive reading of ProTools manual now. That's why I need advice from you. What do you think is the most comfortable way of reading it? Is it best to convert PDF to RTF And use text edit? Or is preview blind user friendly enough? What are the best settings in preview then? Thanks for your help, Cheers, JPR http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel - Original Message - From: Slau Halatyn To: ptaccess@g
Re: reading PT's documentation
Hi JP, I'm not sure whether anything has changed with the documentation other than the obvious additional information. I doubt anything has truly changed in the way the files the files are authored. Also, I don't use Lion so I'm not aware of any particular changes to Preview. The Continuous setting is necessary because otherwise you'd be selecting the text from only one page at a time. The PNG files are probably images. The fact that those are being pasted in would normally be a good thing for people but in this case I understand that it's distracting. I don't know of any better solution for now. It seems that reading in Preview might be the simplest solution as long as one doesn't intend on going back and forth between Pro Tools and the same paragraph in the manual. Cheers, Slau On Mar 29, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > Dear Slau. > I have problems converting The new ProTools documentation to a simple text > file. I don't know if these problems are due to the new documentation itself > or two something new in lion. > 1, in preview now, continuous and single page are mutually exclusive so I > don't know which one to use. > 2, pressing command A to select all text doesn't always work, sometimes, I > get an error beep but I don't know in which circumstances. > 3, Then, when I actually succeed in copying and pasting into text edit, the > result is full of things text edit refers to as PNG files, which unpleasantly > get in the way when reading the text. > Maybe, text edit is not the best solution, what do you think? Are there other > settings and preview I should change? > Thanks very much for your help. > Cheers, > JPR > What happens is that, once converted, > http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > - Original Message - > From: Slau Halatyn > To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 5:10 PM > Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation > > Open the pdf in Preview, set the View option to "Single Page Continuous," > select the Text Tool from the Tools menu, select all text and copy it to any > text editor. > > HTH, > > Slau > > On Mar 28, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Steve Martin wrote: > >> I have the PT 10 manual converted to RTF if anyone wants it drop me an email >> off list requesting it as its too large of an attachment to send to the >> list. I should be able to convert the PT 9 manual as well if there is >> enough demand. That being said I used Kurzweil to do the conversion of the >> manual since i have it installed on my work laptop. Does anyone know of a >> utility for doing the same on the mac, that is free or inexpensive, and >> accessible? Yeah i am aware there is DocuScanPlus and i do plan on picking >> it up at some point, but there is gotta be away to get that functionality >> without spending $300 upfront. >> >> On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote: >> >>> Hey JP, >>> >>> The quirky thing about Preview is that, if you switch applications and come >>> back to it, you'll be thrown back up to the top of the page. For this >>> reason, perhaps it's better to export a text file and read in that manner. >>> That said, I've always been a proponent of reading through the manual at >>> least twice: once from beginning to end without stopping and the second >>> time with Pro Tools in front of you while stopping to try some of the >>> things that are being described. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: >>> >>>> Hi friends, >>>> I have to confess, I haven't done so much with pro tools since I got it. >>>> The reason is too much work with sonar and not enough time for >>>> experimenting. >>>> I'm going to start an intensive reading of ProTools manual now. That's why >>>> I need advice from you. What do you think is the most comfortable way of >>>> reading it? Is it best to convert PDF to RTF And use text edit? Or is >>>> preview blind user friendly enough? >>>> What are the best settings in preview then? >>>> Thanks for your help, >>>> Cheers, >>>> JPR >>>> >>>> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >>>> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >>>> - Original Message - >>>> From: Slau Halatyn >>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:32 PM >&g
Re: reading PT's documentation
Dear Slau.
I have problems converting The new ProTools documentation to a simple text
file. I don't know if these problems are due to the new documentation itself or
two something new in lion.
1, in preview now, continuous and single page are mutually exclusive so I don't
know which one to use.
2, pressing command A to select all text doesn't always work, sometimes, I get
an error beep but I don't know in which circumstances.
3, Then, when I actually succeed in copying and pasting into text edit, the
result is full of things text edit refers to as PNG files, which unpleasantly
get in the way when reading the text.
Maybe, text edit is not the best solution, what do you think? Are there other
settings and preview I should change?
Thanks very much for your help.
Cheers,
JPR
What happens is that, once converted,
http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel
http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel
- Original Message -
From: Slau Halatyn
To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation
Open the pdf in Preview, set the View option to "Single Page Continuous,"
select the Text Tool from the Tools menu, select all text and copy it to any
text editor.
HTH,
Slau
On Mar 28, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Steve Martin wrote:
I have the PT 10 manual converted to RTF if anyone wants it drop me an
email off list requesting it as its too large of an attachment to send to the
list. I should be able to convert the PT 9 manual as well if there is enough
demand. That being said I used Kurzweil to do the conversion of the manual
since i have it installed on my work laptop. Does anyone know of a utility for
doing the same on the mac, that is free or inexpensive, and accessible? Yeah i
am aware there is DocuScanPlus and i do plan on picking it up at some point,
but there is gotta be away to get that functionality without spending $300
upfront.
On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
Hey JP,
The quirky thing about Preview is that, if you switch applications and
come back to it, you'll be thrown back up to the top of the page. For this
reason, perhaps it's better to export a text file and read in that manner. That
said, I've always been a proponent of reading through the manual at least
twice: once from beginning to end without stopping and the second time with Pro
Tools in front of you while stopping to try some of the things that are being
described.
HTH,
Slau
On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote:
Hi friends,
I have to confess, I haven't done so much with pro tools since I got
it. The reason is too much work with sonar and not enough time for
experimenting.
I'm going to start an intensive reading of ProTools manual now. That's
why I need advice from you. What do you think is the most comfortable way of
reading it? Is it best to convert PDF to RTF And use text edit? Or is preview
blind user friendly enough?
What are the best settings in preview then?
Thanks for your help,
Cheers,
JPR
http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel
http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel
- Original Message -
From: Slau Halatyn
To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation
Hey JP,
Open the file in Preview. Make sure the view is continuous and single
page.
Select the text Tool with Command-2.
Select all with Command-a and Copy all with Command-c.
Open Text Edit and paste. You'll be able to read through this text
document easily.
HTH,
Slau
On Aug 4, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote:
Hi friends,
Before starting to use PT, and being already familiar with Sonar,
I figured that the first thing I should read to get me running is the PT
shortcut's doc. But I'd like some advice about this.
But most of all, I'm having a hard time with PDF documents
understanding their structure and actually reading them efficiently.
Is there maybe a software to convert PDF file into simple text?
thanks for your help.
JPR
http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel
http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel
Re: reading PT's documentation
Hi Steve,
Here is what Slau said to me a while ago, it was at Snow Leopard time, but I
guess it still works for Lion doesn't it?
Open the file in Preview. Make sure the view is continuous and single page.
Select the text Tool with Command-2.
Select all with Command-a and Copy all with Command-c.
Open Text Edit and paste. You'll be able to read through this text document
easily.
HTH,
Tell us if it works.
Best,
JPR
http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel
http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel
- Original Message -
From: Steve Martin
To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation
I have the PT 10 manual converted to RTF if anyone wants it drop me an email
off list requesting it as its too large of an attachment to send to the list. I
should be able to convert the PT 9 manual as well if there is enough demand.
That being said I used Kurzweil to do the conversion of the manual since i have
it installed on my work laptop. Does anyone know of a utility for doing the
same on the mac, that is free or inexpensive, and accessible? Yeah i am aware
there is DocuScanPlus and i do plan on picking it up at some point, but there
is gotta be away to get that functionality without spending $300 upfront.
On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
Hey JP,
The quirky thing about Preview is that, if you switch applications and come
back to it, you'll be thrown back up to the top of the page. For this reason,
perhaps it's better to export a text file and read in that manner. That said,
I've always been a proponent of reading through the manual at least twice: once
from beginning to end without stopping and the second time with Pro Tools in
front of you while stopping to try some of the things that are being described.
HTH,
Slau
On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote:
Hi friends,
I have to confess, I haven't done so much with pro tools since I got it.
The reason is too much work with sonar and not enough time for experimenting.
I'm going to start an intensive reading of ProTools manual now. That's
why I need advice from you. What do you think is the most comfortable way of
reading it? Is it best to convert PDF to RTF And use text edit? Or is preview
blind user friendly enough?
What are the best settings in preview then?
Thanks for your help,
Cheers,
JPR
http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel
http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel
- Original Message -
From: Slau Halatyn
To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation
Hey JP,
Open the file in Preview. Make sure the view is continuous and single
page.
Select the text Tool with Command-2.
Select all with Command-a and Copy all with Command-c.
Open Text Edit and paste. You'll be able to read through this text
document easily.
HTH,
Slau
On Aug 4, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote:
Hi friends,
Before starting to use PT, and being already familiar with Sonar, I
figured that the first thing I should read to get me running is the PT
shortcut's doc. But I'd like some advice about this.
But most of all, I'm having a hard time with PDF documents
understanding their structure and actually reading them efficiently.
Is there maybe a software to convert PDF file into simple text?
thanks for your help.
JPR
http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel
http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel
Re: reading PT's documentation
Open the pdf in Preview, set the View option to "Single Page Continuous," select the Text Tool from the Tools menu, select all text and copy it to any text editor. HTH, Slau On Mar 28, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Steve Martin wrote: > I have the PT 10 manual converted to RTF if anyone wants it drop me an email > off list requesting it as its too large of an attachment to send to the list. > I should be able to convert the PT 9 manual as well if there is enough > demand. That being said I used Kurzweil to do the conversion of the manual > since i have it installed on my work laptop. Does anyone know of a utility > for doing the same on the mac, that is free or inexpensive, and accessible? > Yeah i am aware there is DocuScanPlus and i do plan on picking it up at some > point, but there is gotta be away to get that functionality without spending > $300 upfront. > > On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > >> Hey JP, >> >> The quirky thing about Preview is that, if you switch applications and come >> back to it, you'll be thrown back up to the top of the page. For this >> reason, perhaps it's better to export a text file and read in that manner. >> That said, I've always been a proponent of reading through the manual at >> least twice: once from beginning to end without stopping and the second time >> with Pro Tools in front of you while stopping to try some of the things that >> are being described. >> >> HTH, >> >> Slau >> >> On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: >> >>> Hi friends, >>> I have to confess, I haven't done so much with pro tools since I got it. >>> The reason is too much work with sonar and not enough time for >>> experimenting. >>> I'm going to start an intensive reading of ProTools manual now. That's why >>> I need advice from you. What do you think is the most comfortable way of >>> reading it? Is it best to convert PDF to RTF And use text edit? Or is >>> preview blind user friendly enough? >>> What are the best settings in preview then? >>> Thanks for your help, >>> Cheers, >>> JPR >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >>> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >>> - Original Message - >>> From: Slau Halatyn >>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:32 PM >>> Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation >>> >>> Hey JP, >>> >>> Open the file in Preview. Make sure the view is continuous and single page. >>> Select the text Tool with Command-2. >>> Select all with Command-a and Copy all with Command-c. >>> Open Text Edit and paste. You'll be able to read through this text document >>> easily. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Aug 4, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: >>> >>>> Hi friends, >>>> Before starting to use PT, and being already familiar with Sonar, I >>>> figured that the first thing I should read to get me running is the PT >>>> shortcut's doc. But I'd like some advice about this. >>>> But most of all, I'm having a hard time with PDF documents understanding >>>> their structure and actually reading them efficiently. >>>> Is there maybe a software to convert PDF file into simple text? >>>> thanks for your help. >>>> JPR >>>> >>>>> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >>>>> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >
Re: reading PT's documentation
I have the PT 10 manual converted to RTF if anyone wants it drop me an email off list requesting it as its too large of an attachment to send to the list. I should be able to convert the PT 9 manual as well if there is enough demand. That being said I used Kurzweil to do the conversion of the manual since i have it installed on my work laptop. Does anyone know of a utility for doing the same on the mac, that is free or inexpensive, and accessible? Yeah i am aware there is DocuScanPlus and i do plan on picking it up at some point, but there is gotta be away to get that functionality without spending $300 upfront. On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > Hey JP, > > The quirky thing about Preview is that, if you switch applications and come > back to it, you'll be thrown back up to the top of the page. For this reason, > perhaps it's better to export a text file and read in that manner. That said, > I've always been a proponent of reading through the manual at least twice: > once from beginning to end without stopping and the second time with Pro > Tools in front of you while stopping to try some of the things that are being > described. > > HTH, > > Slau > > On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > >> Hi friends, >> I have to confess, I haven't done so much with pro tools since I got it. The >> reason is too much work with sonar and not enough time for experimenting. >> I'm going to start an intensive reading of ProTools manual now. That's why I >> need advice from you. What do you think is the most comfortable way of >> reading it? Is it best to convert PDF to RTF And use text edit? Or is >> preview blind user friendly enough? >> What are the best settings in preview then? >> Thanks for your help, >> Cheers, >> JPR >> >> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >> ----- Original Message - >> From: Slau Halatyn >> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:32 PM >> Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation >> >> Hey JP, >> >> Open the file in Preview. Make sure the view is continuous and single page. >> Select the text Tool with Command-2. >> Select all with Command-a and Copy all with Command-c. >> Open Text Edit and paste. You'll be able to read through this text document >> easily. >> >> HTH, >> >> Slau >> >> On Aug 4, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: >> >>> Hi friends, >>> Before starting to use PT, and being already familiar with Sonar, I >>> figured that the first thing I should read to get me running is the PT >>> shortcut's doc. But I'd like some advice about this. >>> But most of all, I'm having a hard time with PDF documents understanding >>> their structure and actually reading them efficiently. >>> Is there maybe a software to convert PDF file into simple text? >>> thanks for your help. >>> JPR >>> >>>> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >>>> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
Re: reading PT's documentation
Hey JP, The quirky thing about Preview is that, if you switch applications and come back to it, you'll be thrown back up to the top of the page. For this reason, perhaps it's better to export a text file and read in that manner. That said, I've always been a proponent of reading through the manual at least twice: once from beginning to end without stopping and the second time with Pro Tools in front of you while stopping to try some of the things that are being described. HTH, Slau On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > Hi friends, > I have to confess, I haven't done so much with pro tools since I got it. The > reason is too much work with sonar and not enough time for experimenting. > I'm going to start an intensive reading of ProTools manual now. That's why I > need advice from you. What do you think is the most comfortable way of > reading it? Is it best to convert PDF to RTF And use text edit? Or is preview > blind user friendly enough? > What are the best settings in preview then? > Thanks for your help, > Cheers, > JPR > > http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > - Original Message - > From: Slau Halatyn > To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:32 PM > Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation > > Hey JP, > > Open the file in Preview. Make sure the view is continuous and single page. > Select the text Tool with Command-2. > Select all with Command-a and Copy all with Command-c. > Open Text Edit and paste. You'll be able to read through this text document > easily. > > HTH, > > Slau > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > >> Hi friends, >> Before starting to use PT, and being already familiar with Sonar, I figured >> that the first thing I should read to get me running is the PT shortcut's >> doc. But I'd like some advice about this. >> But most of all, I'm having a hard time with PDF documents understanding >> their structure and actually reading them efficiently. >> Is there maybe a software to convert PDF file into simple text? >> thanks for your help. >> JPR >> >>> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >>> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >> >> >> > >
Re: reading PT's documentation
Hi friends, I have to confess, I haven't done so much with pro tools since I got it. The reason is too much work with sonar and not enough time for experimenting. I'm going to start an intensive reading of ProTools manual now. That's why I need advice from you. What do you think is the most comfortable way of reading it? Is it best to convert PDF to RTF And use text edit? Or is preview blind user friendly enough? What are the best settings in preview then? Thanks for your help, Cheers, JPR http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel - Original Message - From: Slau Halatyn To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:32 PM Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation Hey JP, Open the file in Preview. Make sure the view is continuous and single page. Select the text Tool with Command-2. Select all with Command-a and Copy all with Command-c. Open Text Edit and paste. You'll be able to read through this text document easily. HTH, Slau On Aug 4, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: Hi friends, Before starting to use PT, and being already familiar with Sonar, I figured that the first thing I should read to get me running is the PT shortcut's doc. But I'd like some advice about this. But most of all, I'm having a hard time with PDF documents understanding their structure and actually reading them efficiently. Is there maybe a software to convert PDF file into simple text? thanks for your help. JPR http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel
Re: reading PT's documentation
Hey JP, Open the file in Preview. Make sure the view is continuous and single page. Select the text Tool with Command-2. Select all with Command-a and Copy all with Command-c. Open Text Edit and paste. You'll be able to read through this text document easily. HTH, Slau On Aug 4, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > Hi friends, > Before starting to use PT, and being already familiar with Sonar, I figured > that the first thing I should read to get me running is the PT shortcut's > doc. But I'd like some advice about this. > But most of all, I'm having a hard time with PDF documents understanding > their structure and actually reading them efficiently. > Is there maybe a software to convert PDF file into simple text? > thanks for your help. > JPR > >> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > > >
