[R-390] READING PDF FILES

[ELDIM]

Hello Fellow BOATANCHOR Enthusiasts,
I'm also looking for some advice as I have problems downloading manuals from
the BAMA
Site.  Some I can open, read and print, while others just search and search
and never open anything.
Are there some glitches with the contents?  I also recall trying to download
the TV-7 SET-UP manual (the large one with all the supplements), and could
not get it to work.  Of course,  I'm not very computer savy at all.  I think
I'm going to give Tom's suggestion a shot and see what happens.  By the way
is there another location to download the TV-7 Set-Up Manual?

73,
Glen Galati, KA7BOJ
TACOMA, WA
ELDIM at ATT.NET
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Shoppa" <shoppa_r390a at trailing-edge.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>; <gregorymengell at comcast.net>;
<barry at hausernet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Thank you


> > [PDF files on HSR website don't open correctly for some users]
>
> Barry wrote:
>
> > Some other guys mentioned having some trouble with scrambled text,
> > etc.  I was assuming pdf files would be pretty consistent and less
> > trouble prone than other formats.
>
> I would suggest that those who have trouble viewing in the browser
> save the PDF to disk, then view it from disk.  Certain webserver/browser
> combinations do not correctly convey the "application/pdf" MIME type
> and can cause this difficulty.
>
> Barry, the PDF's look fine to me viewed on several different platforms
> with PDF software going back to Acrobat 4.x and several non-Adobe-brand
> PDF readers too.  In fact, I swear that the electronic copies look
> superior to my much dog-eared paper copies that have seen much use
> and passing around over the years.  I would estimate that for each
> copy of Hollow State Newsletter that you guys sent out, that there
> were at least a dozen readers.  Having them on the web is way more
> convenient than waiting for a loaned-out copy come back, let me know
> what help you need in getting older editions scanned in!
>
> At this point in time, PDF is without a doubt a very good choice
> for publishing.  If you can convert it to HTML reasonably that'd
> be a fine choice too.
>
> Tim.
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