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#1 Post by katsmom » Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:16 am

Am I loosing it, or were the past issues of the magazine once in PDF format? I want to reprint the ones I didn't finish, and it is easier for me to print from PDF format than from that popup window.
(and no, I'm not passing them on, I'm just trying to double side, and I simply can't do it with that pop up)

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#2 Post by Scurra » Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:47 pm

Not quite sure what you mean. They have never been available as "pure" PDF files (although I am hoping to make some sets available that way in the future) - you could only ever make them PDFs by clicking the little icon on the puzzle page.
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#3 Post by katsmom » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:25 pm

maybe i'm looking for the button to turn them into pdf files. Silly question, but can I save it somehow from that print pop up then combine them into a pdf file?
I'm seriously just thinking about how heavy it is to carry around 20 sheets of paper vs. 10. :lol: Lazy thing I am.

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#4 Post by giraffe » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:30 pm

If I can't get something to print both sides I just pull all the paper out of the printer and feed each sheet in twice. :mrgreen:

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#5 Post by katsmom » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:39 pm

I know this sounds like an excuse, but I am just a lowly instructor. I have to use a shared computer so the flip out and reprint option doesn't always work. I've gotten lesson plans, year end reviews, a cv even on the back side. (Inclusive of the guys salary :shock: ) I'd hate to think of what people think of me when they get a piece of puzzlebrains on the back of their work. (Although, it's probably no worse than they already think of my puzzling hobby :lol: )

That is one more reason for me to work out how to save and combine the files.

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#6 Post by katsmom » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:00 pm

Sorted! I'm so pleased with myself.
If anyone else is interested, or even cares....I opened the little print pop up, copied everything on the page, then pasted to a word document. Once those were all copied, I opened my pdf reader and created a pdf out of the word files.
That must have been what I did the first time around :?

One down, 12 more to go :D

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#7 Post by MBH » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:56 pm

Well done :)

I copy bits of puzzles in to Word, Paint, even Notepad if that's all I think I'll need. I'm quite happy with them being scattered across various files but correctly held within folders for each issue. Then I know just where ALL my ignored and abandoned puzzles are if I ever become independantly wealthy and free of any other responsibilities :roll:

Nice to hear what you end up with the backsides of your puzzles working sheets :lol: How about sticking Taggart on the back of that CV and converting his salary to pounds, shillings, and pence? ;)

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Re: pdf files

#8 Post by katsmom » Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:44 am

Yeah! It only took me 4 hours but I managed to do it all! Mind, most issues are 40+ pages :?

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