Re: [guide-user] Re: Problem trying to make a PDF of Guide charts

Laren Dart Dec 6, 2004

Hi Bill,

At 02:34 PM 12/6/04 -0500, you wrote:

> You could produce a .BMP file, then distribute it. I would
>recommend converting it from .BMP format, which is _huge_, to something
>smaller. If it consists mostly of a picture-like image, such as a DSS
>or RealSky image, I'd recommend converting to .JPG. If it's more of a
>"vector"-type image, with lines and stars and text, I'd recommend
>converting to .GIF or .PNG, probably the latter. (PNGs are smaller,
>free of legal issues, and are more widely readable.) Any of these
>formats is going to be readable with almost any software.

I just tried saving a mark image as a bmp, but can't get it to open in any
of four viewers/editors I tried. What am I missing or doing wrong? (I use
Irfan View's screen-dump, which saves in the above formats plus others.)

> Or, you could get the GhostView software, which is free. Then use
>Guide to produce a PostScript file, and load it into GhostView, and
>save it as a PDF.

Is it necessary to have both GhostScript and GhostView installed just to
view an image saved as a .ps file in Guide?

Larry

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