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|    Ed Vance to Rob Mccart    |
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|    26 Jan 26 17:01:11    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 1125.canada@1:2320/105 2ddd1e8c       REPLY: 1122.canada@1:2320/105 2ddb4816       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.28-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: ASCII 1       FORMAT: flowed              > >> PDF files but some of them can convert image files as well. It's a       > >> long time since I did that but a quick look online suggests that       > >> Adobe Acrobat can do PDF files and there are a number of online       > >> services that claim they can do it. PDF2GO mentiones converting       > >> pictures as well as PDF's.              > >Someone in either the Windows echo or the Windows 95 echo wrote       > >about a program called DOPDF. I d/l'd it and learned it is a Print       > >Driver that makes a PDF file on the HDD.              > I would have mentioned that since I use that myself but creating       > a PDF file isn't the same as extracting text out of various file       > types so I didn't think of it.              > DoPDF works qyite well though. If properly installed it works well       > for a number of programs, most anything that can print I think..              > I also for years used one called Cute PDF which is similar, but       > probably not as up to date as DoPDF. I believe it had other       > options built in too though. It's been a while since I used it.       > It was more of a full program than just a Printer Driver, although       > it was that as well I think.              > If it wasn't a universal type printer driver it could be called       > upon by other programs to save their work as a PDF.              > Most of these utilities I use with a very nice, small and simple       > Word Processor program called Jarte. I use it for almost everything       > I do with documents. It has all the usual Word type options and       > can save files as PDF and HTML and most Text formats if set up       > properly, and it does spell checking and such.. a tiny program.              > Sumatra PDF is another nice program I use that can do a lot of       > things including ePub and Mobi books and such.              > ---       > * SLMR Rob * When you're in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut                     Rob, I heard of Cutepdf and tried it.       When I grabbed DoPDF I liked much more and used it even to save text in a email       into a PDF file.              I like that DoPDF will save images and all the text even in a giant web page.       Ed       --- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux        * Origin: Capitol City Online (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/14 305 153/7715 154/110 218/700       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 112 134 206 300 307 317 426 428 470       SEEN-BY: 229/664 700 705 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757 396/45 460/58       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848 902/26 2320/0 105 107 304 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 229/426           |
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