From sisu26 at nettally.com Fri Mar 7 07:21:55 2008 From: sisu26 at nettally.com (C. Henry Depew) Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:21:55 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Vessel Classification Question Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20080307071946.04a23490@nettally.com> Greetings! I am researching why the vessel classification system separates boats by length at the distances now used. What I have been trying to find is the source information on the rationale for the separation decision (why 26 feet instead of 25 or 30 for instance). Any help as to sources of information would be appreciated. P/C C. Henry Depew, SN Crystal River sisu26 at nettally.com From scottk at inav.net Fri Mar 7 08:11:09 2008 From: scottk at inav.net (G. Scott Keeney) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:11:09 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Vessel Classification Question In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20080307071946.04a23490@nettally.com> Message-ID: Hi C. Henry, Aren't we talking about the International Rules here and the lengths are in meters? So 8 meters would really convert to 26ft and 3in more or less. G. Scott From sisu26 at nettally.com Fri Mar 7 09:18:15 2008 From: sisu26 at nettally.com (C. Henry Depew) Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:18:15 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Vessel Classification Question In-Reply-To: References: <7.0.1.0.2.20080307071946.04a23490@nettally.com> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20080307091529.038808e0@nettally.com> OK everyone, we try again! I am aware of the foot/meter question as to measurement. My question is why a given length. What is sacred about 26 feet/8 meters as a separation point in vessel classification. Why does the U.S. Coast Guard break down their vessel length classification as they do? Where did the decision come from and what is the logic? Thus, I am looking for the source information on the basis of the decision as to vessel length in the United States. Thank you, P/C C. Henry Depew, SN Crystal River sisu26 at nettally.com From rdaybell at earthlink.net Fri Mar 7 14:41:28 2008 From: rdaybell at earthlink.net (rdaybell at earthlink.net) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:41:28 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Subject: [Psml] Paper less reporting and record keeping Message-ID: <7328891.1204918888752.JavaMail.root@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Since we are now required to submit various reports to national in PDF style as paperless reports its time to modify all the report forms on the website so we can keep our copies of the reports on a paperless basis. This applies to ed department forms, vsc report forms and catalog order forms. Let be more user friendly with the system. Several times I have hit the wrong button while preparing the reports and lost all the information before it could be printed out and saved. If its too difficult to save filled out forms in PDF perhaps they can be modified to MS word records where the file name has to be changed to save the file locally. R.D. Daybell From boatsafe at comcast.net Fri Mar 7 21:00:28 2008 From: boatsafe at comcast.net (Robert Miller) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:00:28 -0800 Subject: [Psml] Paper less reporting and record keeping In-Reply-To: <7328891.1204918888752.JavaMail.root@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <7328891.1204918888752.JavaMail.root@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <007a01c880c0$2edde7b0$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> RD, I don't know what you are using but all of my Windows based computers allow me to print to the "Microsoft Document Image Writer" which will create a TIF graphic image of your report before you submit it, or of the reply report page that lists what you sent. This is a simple way to create a digital file of what you are sending. Cheers, Bob -----Original Message----- From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of rdaybell at earthlink.net Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 11:41 AM To: boatsafe at comcast.net Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List Subject: [Psml] Paper less reporting and record keeping Since we are now required to submit various reports to national in PDF style as paperless reports its time to modify all the report forms on the website so we can keep our copies of the reports on a paperless basis. This applies to ed department forms, vsc report forms and catalog order forms. Let be more user friendly with the system. Several times I have hit the wrong button while preparing the reports and lost all the information before it could be printed out and saved. If its too difficult to save filled out forms in PDF perhaps they can be modified to MS word records where the file name has to be changed to save the file locally. R.D. Daybell ________________________________________ Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. From dtb at usps.org Sat Mar 8 00:54:16 2008 From: dtb at usps.org (Dan Bartell) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:54:16 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Paper less reporting and record keeping In-Reply-To: <007a01c880c0$2edde7b0$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> References: <7328891.1204918888752.JavaMail.root@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <007a01c880c0$2edde7b0$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> Message-ID: <20080308055441.75AA42905AB@smtp1.av-mx.com> Tiff files are a disaster they are huge! Regards, Dan At 21:00 3/7/2008, Robert Miller wrote: >RD, > >I don't know what you are using but all of my Windows based computers allow >me to print to the "Microsoft Document Image Writer" which will create a TIF >graphic image of your report before you submit it, or of the reply report >page that lists what you sent. This is a simple way to create a digital file >of what you are sending. > >Cheers, > > >Bob > >-----Original Message----- >From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of >rdaybell at earthlink.net >Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 11:41 AM >To: boatsafe at comcast.net >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Subject: [Psml] Paper less reporting and record keeping > >Since we are now required to submit various reports to national in PDF style >as paperless reports its time to modify all the report forms on the website >so we can keep our copies of the reports on a paperless basis. This applies >to ed department forms, vsc report forms and catalog order forms. Let be >more user friendly with the system. Several times I have hit the wrong >button while preparing the reports and lost all the information before it >could be printed out and saved. > >If its too difficult to save filled out forms in PDF perhaps they can be >modified to MS word records where the file name has to be changed to save >the file locally. > >R.D. Daybell >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. _______________________________________________ P/C Dan Bartell, SN SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) Member USPS National Information Technology Committee From dtb at usps.org Sat Mar 8 00:53:32 2008 From: dtb at usps.org (Dan Bartell) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:53:32 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Paper less reporting and record keeping In-Reply-To: <7328891.1204918888752.JavaMail.root@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.s a.earthlink.net> References: <7328891.1204918888752.JavaMail.root@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20080308055441.0BB6B2905AB@smtp1.av-mx.com> Try saving things in RTF it is far more universal than PDF and can be read by word and virtually any other word processor. It is one of the formats in which word will save files and as far as I know most other word processors will write it as an output. You are hearing PDF because the powers who be don't know any better. Cheers, Dan At 14:41 3/7/2008, rdaybell at earthlink.net wrote: >Since we are now required to submit various reports to national in >PDF style as paperless reports its time to modify all the report >forms on the website so we can keep our copies of the reports on a >paperless basis. This applies to ed department forms, vsc report >forms and catalog order forms. Let be more user friendly with the >system. Several times I have hit the wrong button while preparing >the reports and lost all the information before it could be printed >out and saved. > >If its too difficult to save filled out forms in PDF perhaps they >can be modified to MS word records where the file name has to be >changed to save the file locally. > >R.D. Daybell >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. _______________________________________________ P/C Dan Bartell, SN SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) Member USPS National Information Technology Committee From barcthom at sbcglobal.net Sat Mar 8 09:28:18 2008 From: barcthom at sbcglobal.net (Barclay M. Thomas) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:28:18 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping Message-ID: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> Dan, R.D., and all, Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily read and written by most word processing programs, any document formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all formatting of the original document no matter what platform or program it is viewed in. Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the right place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to alter it. I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable though. Take a look at , but don't get overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. Enjoy the weekend, -- P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/1b20cca6/attachment.html From rdougherty at simcare.net Sat Mar 8 10:56:54 2008 From: rdougherty at simcare.net (Roberta L Dougherty) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:56:54 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Recognition for Growth Message-ID: District and Squadron Commanders, C/C Creighton Maynard, SN, just sent a personal letter to a squadron whose members have exhibited outstanding efforts in Recruiting. Lake Charles PS held their own "in-house" competition and Commander Ben Garber sent a request for a letter of commendation for the top three winners. Stf/C Connie Beckman, JN gathered the necessary info and C/C Maynard sent the letter today. 49 new members joined Lake Charles since one year ago. Should you need special recognition for such outstanding effort in your own squadron, please contact me. We are all members of the "Member-Ship!" R/C Roberta L. Dougherty, AP Membership Committee Recruiting, Retention, Power of One, Youth Activities Community Outreach United States Power Squadrons -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/1df525b4/attachment.html From dtb at usps.org Sat Mar 8 13:03:04 2008 From: dtb at usps.org (Dan Bartell) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:03:04 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping In-Reply-To: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> References: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a form with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brinka has done that with the Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts running on the server and it works quite well. You can partially fill out the forms and save them as templates on your own machine. However it takes full Acrobat which is a bit pricey. Cheers, Dan At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: >Dan, R.D., and all, >Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily >read and written by most word processing programs, any document >formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable >Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all >formatting of the original document no matter what platform or >program it is viewed in. >Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it >makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the >right place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if >you want to alter it. > >I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of >PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are >not too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I >do know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable >though. Take a look at ><http://sourceforge.net>, but don't get >overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). > >That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National >website had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) >created as text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and >save as a template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only >looking for someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once >it's done, it's done. > >Enjoy the weekend, >-- >P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP >Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 > > >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. _______________________________________________ P/C Dan Bartell, SN SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) Member USPS National Information Technology Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/1d132b36/attachment-0001.html From boatsafe at comcast.net Sat Mar 8 14:35:04 2008 From: boatsafe at comcast.net (Robert Miller) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:35:04 -0800 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping References: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> Message-ID: <006901c88153$82901b10$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> What was I thinking? In my first response I should have mentioned that there are free PDF creators that ?print? to a PDF file. Some are true freeware but quite a few are only free trials so read all the fine print first. Search on ?Free PDF Converter? with Google, Live Search, Yahoo, Lycos or whatever you use and you will find a bunch of alternatives. Sorry I forgot that in the first place. Cheers, Bob ________________________________________ From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Dan Bartell Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:03 AM To: boatsafe at comcast.net Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a form with fields and actions upon submission.? Tom Brincka has done that with the Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts running on the server and it works quite well.? You can partially fill out the forms and save them as templates on your own machine.? However it takes full Acrobat which is a bit pricey. Cheers, Dan At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: Dan, R.D., and all, Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily read and written by most word processing programs, any document formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all formatting of the original document no matter what platform or program it is viewed in. Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the right place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to alter it. I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable though. Take a look at , but don't get overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. Enjoy the weekend, -- P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 ________________________________________ Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address?? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. _______________________________________________ P/C Dan Bartell, SN? SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) Member USPS National Information Technology Committee? From d.donkers at comcast.net Sat Mar 8 14:57:30 2008 From: d.donkers at comcast.net (Dave Donkers) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:57:30 -0600 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping In-Reply-To: <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> References: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> Message-ID: <47D2EFAA.8040800@comcast.net> All -- Sign up with TechSoup & get the full current Adobe Acrobat Pro Version 8 (the current version). This has a MSRP of $450. TechSoup price - $45. 'Nuff said. 8^) Dave Donkers DuPage Dan Bartell wrote: > Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a > form with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brinka has done that > with the Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts > running on the server and it works quite well. You can partially fill > out the forms and save them as templates on your own machine. However > it takes full Acrobat which is a bit pricey. > Cheers, > Dan > At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: >> Dan, R.D., and all, >> Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily >> read and written by most word processing programs, any document >> formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable >> Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all formatting >> of the original document no matter what platform or program it is >> viewed in. >> Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it >> makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the right >> place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want >> to alter it. >> >> I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of >> PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not >> too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do >> know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable >> though. Take a look at , but don't get >> overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). >> >> That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website >> had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as >> text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a >> template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for >> someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once it's done, >> it's done. >> >> Enjoy the weekend, >> -- >> P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP >> Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >> www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml >> for details. > > > _______________________________________________ > P/C Dan Bartell, SN > SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) > Member USPS National Information Technology Committee > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ________________________________________ > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. From d.donkers at comcast.net Sat Mar 8 15:03:38 2008 From: d.donkers at comcast.net (Dave Donkers) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:03:38 -0600 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping In-Reply-To: <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> References: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> Message-ID: <47D2F11A.4060501@comcast.net> OOPS!!! Forgot to mention that DuPage is registered with TechSoup as: Organization Type: Inner City Or Community Activities Organization Sub-Type: Community service organization and we have no problem ordering MS or Adobe products. Dave Donkers All -- Sign up with TechSoup & get the full current Adobe Acrobat Pro Version 8 (the current version). This has a MSRP of $450. TechSoup price - $45. 'Nuff said. 8^) Dave Donkers DuPage Dan Bartell wrote: > Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a > form with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brinka has done that > with the Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts > running on the server and it works quite well. You can partially fill > out the forms and save them as templates on your own machine. However > it takes full Acrobat which is a bit pricey. > Cheers, > Dan > At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: >> Dan, R.D., and all, >> Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily >> read and written by most word processing programs, any document >> formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable >> Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all formatting >> of the original document no matter what platform or program it is >> viewed in. >> Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it >> makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the right >> place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want >> to alter it. >> >> I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of >> PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not >> too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do >> know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable >> though. Take a look at , but don't get >> overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). >> >> That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website >> had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as >> text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a >> template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for >> someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once it's done, >> it's done. >> >> Enjoy the weekend, >> -- >> P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP >> Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >> www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml >> for details. > > > _______________________________________________ > P/C Dan Bartell, SN > SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) > Member USPS National Information Technology Committee > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ________________________________________ > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. From fkemp at optonline.net Sat Mar 8 15:41:26 2008 From: fkemp at optonline.net (Frank Kemp) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:41:26 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping In-Reply-To: <47D2F11A.4060501@comcast.net> References: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> <47D2F11A.4060501@comcast.net> Message-ID: <47D2F9F6.8050108@optonline.net> Take a look at www.software995.com for the product called pdf995 it is free (if you don't mind putting up with a little advertising) and installs so that you can "print" your document to this software - and it will brew up a .pdf of whatever you just sent to the printer. Really nifty - it works. Best - Frank Kemp Darien Sail & Power Squadron Darien, CT D/2 === - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Frank B. Kemp e-mail fkemp at optonline.net 20 Seagate Road phone (203) 656 1129 Darien, CT 06820-5625 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From WMMILLER at aol.com Sat Mar 8 16:36:42 2008 From: WMMILLER at aol.com (WMMILLER at aol.com) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 16:36:42 EST Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping Message-ID: There is a neat program on the DB2000 download page, actually its two programs called Ghost Writer and Redmond. If you load these it prints to a virtual printer that results in .pdf files of anything you want to print save to the file you pick. It does graphics as well as text, all very easy. If you look at the score sheets for the 2006 and 2007 web awards, they were all done with these programs. No sense to poke around the web when its available on the USPS web. Bill Miller In a message dated 3/8/2008 3:29:18 P.M. Central Standard Time, fkemp at optonline.net writes: Take a look at www.software995.com for the product called pdf995 it is free (if you don't mind putting up with a little advertising) and installs so that you can "print" your document to this software - and it will brew up a .pdf of whatever you just sent to the printer. Really nifty - it works. Best - Frank Kemp Darien Sail & Power Squadron Darien, CT D/2 === - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Frank B. Kemp e-mail fkemp at optonline.net 20 Seagate Road phone (203) 656 1129 Darien, CT 06820-5625 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ________________________________________ Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/6051726a/attachment.html From lu at abelhome.net Sat Mar 8 16:38:32 2008 From: lu at abelhome.net (Lu Abel) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:38:32 -0800 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping In-Reply-To: <006901c88153$82901b10$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> References: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> <006901c88153$82901b10$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> Message-ID: <47D30758.3060207@abelhome.net> One of the best, totally free PDF generators is CutePDF (www.cutepdf.com). Totally free and no advertising. When installed it looks like an additional printer, except when you "print" using it a popup appears with a save-file-as menu and you specify where you want your PDF saved. It works with all Office products and most other programs (if it figures it can't work with a particular program then it won't show up as an alternate printer). I've been using it for three or four years now and am very satisfied with it. Works perfectly and the price is right! Lu Abel Santa Clara PS Robert Miller wrote: > What was I thinking? In my first response I should have mentioned that there > are free PDF creators that ?print? to a PDF file. Some are true freeware but > quite a few are only free trials so read all the fine print first. Search on > ?Free PDF Converter? with Google, Live Search, Yahoo, Lycos or whatever you > use and you will find a bunch of alternatives. > > Sorry I forgot that in the first place. > > Cheers, > > Bob > ________________________________________ > From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Dan > Bartell > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:03 AM > To: boatsafe at comcast.net > Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping > > Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a form > with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brincka has done that with the > Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts running on the > server and it works quite well. You can partially fill out the forms and > save them as templates on your own machine. However it takes full Acrobat > which is a bit pricey. > Cheers, > Dan > At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: > Dan, R.D., and all, > Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily read and > written by most word processing programs, any document formatting is often > lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document Format (PDF) is designed > by default to retain all formatting of the original document no matter what > platform or program it is viewed in. > Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it makes for > a better archive since all the data will remain in the right place. You can > always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to alter it. > > I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of PDF > creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not too > expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do know there > are some open-source programs that are quite capable though. Take a look at > , but don't get overwhelmed by all the projects > (grin). > > That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website had > all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as text > fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a template, then > filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for someone else to do the > work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. > > Enjoy the weekend, > From dtb at usps.org Sat Mar 8 16:41:38 2008 From: dtb at usps.org (Dan Bartell) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:41:38 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20080308214158.132331BF7CC@smtp0.av-mx.com> Actually both of those are free ware which have been around for a long time they started life as Unix programs and have been in use for long before Adobe who DID NOT invent PDF. Cheers, Dan At 16:36 3/8/2008, you wrote: >There is a neat program on the DB2000 download page, actually its >two programs called Ghost Writer and Redmond. If you load these it >prints to a virtual printer that results in .pdf files of anything >you want to print save to the file you pick. It does graphics as >well as text, all very easy. If you look at the score sheets for >the 2006 and 2007 web awards, they were all done with these >programs. No sense to poke around the web when its available on the USPS web. > >Bill Miller > > > >In a message dated 3/8/2008 3:29:18 P.M. Central Standard Time, >fkemp at optonline.net writes: >Take a look at www.software995.com for the product >called pdf995 > >it is free (if you don't mind putting up with a little advertising) and >installs >so that you can "print" your document to this software - and it will >brew up a .pdf >of whatever you just sent to the printer. > >Really nifty - it works. > >Best - Frank Kemp Darien Sail & Power Squadron Darien, CT D/2 >=== > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Frank B. Kemp e-mail fkemp at optonline.net >20 Seagate Road phone (203) 656 1129 >Darien, CT 06820-5625 >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > > > > > >---------- >It's Tax Time! >Get tips, forms >and advice on AOL Money & Finance. >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. _______________________________________________ P/C Dan Bartell, SN SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) Member USPS National Information Technology Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/86db3c1b/attachment-0001.html From susan at darcy-systems.com Sat Mar 8 19:31:36 2008 From: susan at darcy-systems.com (Susan Darcy) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 19:31:36 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping Message-ID: <00a101c8817c$efc19c30$f2a6cc45@susanD2T4XP91> Have you tried to use the "Typewriter" option in the latest Acrobat Reader? I believe you can type on the form, save it and even attach it to an email. And just as Barclay stated, the major reason for using pdf files is for cross-platform transfers and commonality between platforms. Susan _____ From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Barclay M. Thomas Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 9:28 AM To: Susan at darcy-systems.com Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping Dan, R.D., and all, Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily read and written by most word processing programs, any document formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all formatting of the original document no matter what platform or program it is viewed in. Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the right place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to alter it. I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable though. Take a look at , but don't get overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. Enjoy the weekend, -- P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/1ae85d95/attachment.html From roger.b.penneman at lmco.com Mon Mar 10 10:44:39 2008 From: roger.b.penneman at lmco.com (Penneman, Roger B) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:44:39 -0500 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <708B267DA6CD0A4484FB84973D64B4630F3599AE@emss07m15.us.lmco.com> Microsoft has an add-in for Office that creates pdf files. It's also free. Roger Penneman Fort Worth ________________________________ From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of WMMILLER at aol.com Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 3:37 PM To: Penneman, Roger B Cc: psml at usps.org Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping There is a neat program on the DB2000 download page, actually its two programs called Ghost Writer and Redmond. If you load these it prints to a virtual printer that results in .pdf files of anything you want to print save to the file you pick. It does graphics as well as text, all very easy. If you look at the score sheets for the 2006 and 2007 web awards, they were all done with these programs. No sense to poke around the web when its available on the USPS web. Bill Miller In a message dated 3/8/2008 3:29:18 P.M. Central Standard Time, fkemp at optonline.net writes: Take a look at www.software995.com for the product called pdf995 it is free (if you don't mind putting up with a little advertising) and installs so that you can "print" your document to this software - and it will brew up a .pdf of whatever you just sent to the printer. Really nifty - it works. Best - Frank Kemp Darien Sail & Power Squadron Darien, CT D/2 === - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Frank B. Kemp e-mail fkemp at optonline.net 20 Seagate Road phone (203) 656 1129 Darien, CT 06820-5625 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ________________________________________ Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. From twilaboat at roadrunner.com Mon Mar 10 16:33:01 2008 From: twilaboat at roadrunner.com (Twila Hauck) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:33:01 -0400 Subject: [Psml] Annual Meeting Photographs Message-ID: <000001c882ed$efb8b9e0$0101a8c0@user65da5d3396> Hello to all. Just a note! Photographs from the Annual Meeting in Dallas are Up on the National Web Site at: http://www.usps.org/national/NationalPhotographer/ Thanks to our National Photographers Trudy Brown, & Joe Dorn! Almost ? as good as being there! Twila Web Master -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best regards, Phil P/R/C Philip Arcuni, SN Information Technology Committee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Twila Hauck" To: Cc: "United States Power Squadrons Mailing List" Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 4:33 PM Subject: [Psml] Annual Meeting Photographs > > > Hello to all. > > Just a note! Photographs from the Annual Meeting in Dallas are > > Up on the National Web Site at: > > http://www.usps.org/national/NationalPhotographer/ > > Thanks to our National Photographers > > Trudy Brown, & Joe Dorn! > > Almost ? as good as being there! > > Twila > > Web Master > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________ > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See > www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. From jeff at usps-atlanta.org Wed Mar 12 16:57:55 2008 From: jeff at usps-atlanta.org (jeff at usps-atlanta.org) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:57:55 -0400 Subject: [Psml] (no subject) Message-ID: <00cd01c88483$bf16bde0$6401a8c0@Screamer> At the national meeting, someone was displaying a PWC Simulator based on a video game. The plans were from the Texas Department of Wildlife, but I didn't catch who (which squadron) had built it. We're considering building one, but would like to get in contact with someone who as done it (copy ideas, avoid the same mistakes, etc. ) as well as getting some pictures of the internals. Anyone know who to contact? Jeff D-17 Admin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080312/95905aa8/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Jeffrey D. Wise (jeffw at apogeesystems.com).vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 734 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080312/95905aa8/attachment-0001.vcf From boatsafe at comcast.net Sat Mar 8 14:23:06 2008 From: boatsafe at comcast.net (Robert Miller) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:23:06 -0800 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping In-Reply-To: <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> References: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> Message-ID: <006001c88151$d686ed40$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> What was I thinking? In my first response I should have mentioned that there are free PDF creators that "print" to a PDF file. Some are true freeware but quite a few are only free trials so read all the fine print first. Search on "Free PDF Converter" with Google, Live Search, Yahoo, Lycos or whatever you use and you will find a bunch of alternatives. Sorry I forgot that in the first place. Cheers, Bob _____ From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Dan Bartell Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:03 AM To: boatsafe at comcast.net Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a form with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brinka has done that with the Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts running on the server and it works quite well. You can partially fill out the forms and save them as templates on your own machine. However it takes full Acrobat which is a bit pricey. Cheers, Dan At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: Dan, R.D., and all, Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily read and written by most word processing programs, any document formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all formatting of the original document no matter what platform or program it is viewed in. Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the right place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to alter it. I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable though. Take a look at , but don't get overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. Enjoy the weekend, -- P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 ________________________________________ Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. _______________________________________________ P/C Dan Bartell, SN SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) Member USPS National Information Technology Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/ac13943b/attachment-0001.html From boatsafe at comcast.net Sat Mar 8 14:28:55 2008 From: boatsafe at comcast.net (Robert Miller) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:28:55 -0800 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping References: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> Message-ID: <006501c88152$a6a3e780$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> What was I thinking? In my first response I should have mentioned that there are free PDF creators that "print" to a PDF file. Some are true freeware but quite a few are only free trials so read all the fine print first. Search on "Free PDF Converter" with Google, Live Search, Yahoo, Lycos or whatever you use and you will find a bunch of alternatives. Sorry I forgot that in the first place. Cheers, Bob From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Dan Bartell Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:03 AM To: boatsafe at comcast.net Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a form with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brinka has done that with the Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts running on the server and it works quite well. You can partially fill out the forms and save them as templates on your own machine. However it takes full Acrobat which is a bit pricey. Cheers, Dan At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: Dan, R.D., and all, Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily read and written by most word processing programs, any document formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all formatting of the original document no matter what platform or program it is viewed in. Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the right place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to alter it. I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable though. Take a look at , but don't get overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. Enjoy the weekend, -- P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 ________________________________________ Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. _______________________________________________ P/C Dan Bartell, SN SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) Member USPS National Information Technology Committee -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Why should we have to print copies of the filled in forms on paper when we are now required to only report in paperless form to national? Whats fair the gander (national) is fair for the goose ( we users). -----Original Message----- >From: psml-request at usps.org >Sent: Mar 8, 2008 1:42 PM >To: "R.Daybell" >Subject: PSML Digest, Vol 19, Issue 3 > >Send PSML mailing list submissions to > psml at usps.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > psml-request at usps.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > psml-owner at usps.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of PSML digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping (Robert Miller) > 2. Re: Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping (Dave Donkers) > 3. Re: Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping (Dave Donkers) > 4. Re: Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping (Frank Kemp) > 5. Re: Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping (WMMILLER at aol.com) > 6. Re: Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping (Lu Abel) > 7. Re: Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping (Dan Bartell) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:35:04 -0800 >From: "Robert Miller" >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >To: "'Dan Bartell'" >Cc: 'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List' >Message-ID: <006901c88153$82901b10$6500a8c0 at epoxkitchen> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >What was I thinking? In my first response I should have mentioned that there >are free PDF creators that ?print? to a PDF file. Some are true freeware but >quite a few are only free trials so read all the fine print first. Search on >?Free PDF Converter? with Google, Live Search, Yahoo, Lycos or whatever you >use and you will find a bunch of alternatives. > >Sorry I forgot that in the first place. > >Cheers, > >Bob >________________________________________ >From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Dan >Bartell >Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:03 AM >To: boatsafe at comcast.net >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping > >Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a form >with fields and actions upon submission.? Tom Brincka has done that with the >Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts running on the >server and it works quite well.? You can partially fill out the forms and >save them as templates on your own machine.? However it takes full Acrobat >which is a bit pricey. >Cheers, >Dan >At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: >Dan, R.D., and all, >Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily read and >written by most word processing programs, any document formatting is often >lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document Format (PDF) is designed >by default to retain all formatting of the original document no matter what >platform or program it is viewed in. >Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it makes for >a better archive since all the data will remain in the right place. You can >always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to alter it. > >I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of PDF >creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not too >expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do know there >are some open-source programs that are quite capable though. Take a look at >, but don't get overwhelmed by all the projects >(grin). > >That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website had >all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as text >fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a template, then >filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for someone else to do the >work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. > >Enjoy the weekend, >-- >P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP >Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 > > >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address?? See >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > >_______________________________________________ >P/C Dan Bartell, SN? >SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) >Member USPS National Information Technology Committee? > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:57:30 -0600 >From: Dave Donkers >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >To: "'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List'" >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Message-ID: <47D2EFAA.8040800 at comcast.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >All -- > >Sign up with TechSoup & get the full current Adobe Acrobat >Pro Version 8 (the current version). This has a MSRP of >$450. TechSoup price - $45. 'Nuff said. 8^) > >Dave Donkers DuPage > >Dan Bartell wrote: >> Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a >> form with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brinka has done that >> with the Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts >> running on the server and it works quite well. You can partially fill >> out the forms and save them as templates on your own machine. However >> it takes full Acrobat which is a bit pricey. >> Cheers, >> Dan >> At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: >>> Dan, R.D., and all, >>> Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily >>> read and written by most word processing programs, any document >>> formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable >>> Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all formatting >>> of the original document no matter what platform or program it is >>> viewed in. >>> Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it >>> makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the right >>> place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want >>> to alter it. >>> >>> I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of >>> PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not >>> too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do >>> know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable >>> though. Take a look at , but don't get >>> overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). >>> >>> That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website >>> had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as >>> text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a >>> template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for >>> someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once it's done, >>> it's done. >>> >>> Enjoy the weekend, >>> -- >>> P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP >>> Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >>> www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml >>> for details. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> P/C Dan Bartell, SN >> SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) >> Member USPS National Information Technology Committee >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ________________________________________ >> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:03:38 -0600 >From: Dave Donkers >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >To: "'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List'" >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Message-ID: <47D2F11A.4060501 at comcast.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >OOPS!!! > >Forgot to mention that DuPage is registered >with TechSoup as: > >Organization Type: > Inner City Or Community Activities >Organization Sub-Type: > Community service organization > >and we have no problem ordering MS or Adobe >products. > >Dave Donkers > >All -- > >Sign up with TechSoup & get the full current Adobe Acrobat >Pro Version 8 (the current version). This has a MSRP of >$450. TechSoup price - $45. 'Nuff said. 8^) > >Dave Donkers DuPage > >Dan Bartell wrote: >> Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a >> form with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brinka has done that >> with the Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts >> running on the server and it works quite well. You can partially fill >> out the forms and save them as templates on your own machine. However >> it takes full Acrobat which is a bit pricey. >> Cheers, >> Dan >> At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: >>> Dan, R.D., and all, >>> Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily >>> read and written by most word processing programs, any document >>> formatting is often lost or skewed in the transition. Portable >>> Document Format (PDF) is designed by default to retain all formatting >>> of the original document no matter what platform or program it is >>> viewed in. >>> Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it >>> makes for a better archive since all the data will remain in the right >>> place. You can always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want >>> to alter it. >>> >>> I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of >>> PDF creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not >>> too expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do >>> know there are some open-source programs that are quite capable >>> though. Take a look at , but don't get >>> overwhelmed by all the projects (grin). >>> >>> That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website >>> had all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as >>> text fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a >>> template, then filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for >>> someone else to do the work so I don't have to. But once it's done, >>> it's done. >>> >>> Enjoy the weekend, >>> -- >>> P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP >>> Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >>> www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml >>> for details. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> P/C Dan Bartell, SN >> SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) >> Member USPS National Information Technology Committee >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ________________________________________ >> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:41:26 -0500 >From: Frank Kemp >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >To: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Message-ID: <47D2F9F6.8050108 at optonline.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Take a look at www.software995.com for the product >called pdf995 > >it is free (if you don't mind putting up with a little advertising) and >installs >so that you can "print" your document to this software - and it will >brew up a .pdf >of whatever you just sent to the printer. > >Really nifty - it works. > >Best - Frank Kemp Darien Sail & Power Squadron Darien, CT D/2 >=== > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Frank B. Kemp e-mail fkemp at optonline.net >20 Seagate Road phone (203) 656 1129 >Darien, CT 06820-5625 >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 16:36:42 EST >From: WMMILLER at aol.com >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >To: fkemp at optonline.net >Cc: psml at usps.org >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > >There is a neat program on the DB2000 download page, actually its two >programs called Ghost Writer and Redmond. If you load these it prints to a virtual >printer that results in .pdf files of anything you want to print save to the >file you pick. It does graphics as well as text, all very easy. If you >look at the score sheets for the 2006 and 2007 web awards, they were all done >with these programs. No sense to poke around the web when its available on the >USPS web. > >Bill Miller > > > >In a message dated 3/8/2008 3:29:18 P.M. Central Standard Time, >fkemp at optonline.net writes: > >Take a look at www.software995.com for the product >called pdf995 > >it is free (if you don't mind putting up with a little advertising) and >installs >so that you can "print" your document to this software - and it will >brew up a .pdf >of whatever you just sent to the printer. > >Really nifty - it works. > >Best - Frank Kemp Darien Sail & Power Squadron Darien, CT D/2 >=== > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Frank B. Kemp e-mail fkemp at optonline.net >20 Seagate Road phone (203) 656 1129 >Darien, CT 06820-5625 >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > > > > > > >**************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & >Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/6051726a/attachment-0001.html > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:38:32 -0800 >From: Lu Abel >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >To: "'United States Power Squadrons Mailing List'" >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Message-ID: <47D30758.3060207 at abelhome.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > >One of the best, totally free PDF generators is CutePDF >(www.cutepdf.com). Totally free and no advertising. > >When installed it looks like an additional printer, except when you >"print" using it a popup appears with a save-file-as menu and you >specify where you want your PDF saved. It works with all Office products >and most other programs (if it figures it can't work with a particular >program then it won't show up as an alternate printer). > >I've been using it for three or four years now and am very satisfied >with it. Works perfectly and the price is right! > >Lu Abel >Santa Clara PS > > >Robert Miller wrote: >> What was I thinking? In my first response I should have mentioned that there >> are free PDF creators that ?print? to a PDF file. Some are true freeware but >> quite a few are only free trials so read all the fine print first. Search on >> ?Free PDF Converter? with Google, Live Search, Yahoo, Lycos or whatever you >> use and you will find a bunch of alternatives. >> >> Sorry I forgot that in the first place. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Bob >> ________________________________________ >> From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Dan >> Bartell >> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:03 AM >> To: boatsafe at comcast.net >> Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >> >> Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF document into a form >> with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brincka has done that with the >> Educational Department order forms which go to cgi scripts running on the >> server and it works quite well. You can partially fill out the forms and >> save them as templates on your own machine. However it takes full Acrobat >> which is a bit pricey. >> Cheers, >> Dan >> At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: >> Dan, R.D., and all, >> Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily read and >> written by most word processing programs, any document formatting is often >> lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document Format (PDF) is designed >> by default to retain all formatting of the original document no matter what >> platform or program it is viewed in. >> Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it makes for >> a better archive since all the data will remain in the right place. You can >> always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to alter it. >> >> I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of PDF >> creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not too >> expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do know there >> are some open-source programs that are quite capable though. Take a look at >> , but don't get overwhelmed by all the projects >> (grin). >> >> That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website had >> all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as text >> fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a template, then >> filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for someone else to do the >> work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. >> >> Enjoy the weekend, >> > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:41:38 -0500 >From: Dan Bartell >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >To: WMMILLER at aol.com >Cc: psml at usps.org >Message-ID: <20080308214158.132331BF7CC at smtp0.av-mx.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Actually both of those are free ware which have been around for a >long time they started life as Unix programs and have been in use for >long before Adobe who DID NOT invent PDF. >Cheers, >Dan >At 16:36 3/8/2008, you wrote: >>There is a neat program on the DB2000 download page, actually its >>two programs called Ghost Writer and Redmond. If you load these it >>prints to a virtual printer that results in .pdf files of anything >>you want to print save to the file you pick. It does graphics as >>well as text, all very easy. If you look at the score sheets for >>the 2006 and 2007 web awards, they were all done with these >>programs. No sense to poke around the web when its available on the USPS web. >> >>Bill Miller >> >> >> >>In a message dated 3/8/2008 3:29:18 P.M. Central Standard Time, >>fkemp at optonline.net writes: >>Take a look at www.software995.com for the product >>called pdf995 >> >>it is free (if you don't mind putting up with a little advertising) and >>installs >>so that you can "print" your document to this software - and it will >>brew up a .pdf >>of whatever you just sent to the printer. >> >>Really nifty - it works. >> >>Best - Frank Kemp Darien Sail & Power Squadron Darien, CT D/2 >>=== >> >>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>Frank B. Kemp e-mail fkemp at optonline.net >>20 Seagate Road phone (203) 656 1129 >>Darien, CT 06820-5625 >>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> >>________________________________________ >>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >>www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>---------- >>It's Tax Time! >>Get tips, forms >>and advice on AOL Money & Finance. >>________________________________________ >>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >>www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > >_______________________________________________ >P/C Dan Bartell, SN >SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) >Member USPS National Information Technology Committee >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/86db3c1b/attachment.html > >------------------------------ > >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > >End of PSML Digest, Vol 19, Issue 3 >*********************************** R.D. Daybell From rdaybell at earthlink.net Wed Mar 12 18:25:23 2008 From: rdaybell at earthlink.net (rdaybell at earthlink.net) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:25:23 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [Psml] PSML Digest, Vol 19, Issue 4 Message-ID: <14402638.1205360724199.JavaMail.root@elwamui-huard.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Lets try this one more time. National now requires that we submit reports and forms as a paperless item to them. Its only fair that we be able to save these forms after we fill them out on our computers without making a paper copy. That being said the forms need to set up such that a simple action like hitting a save as button or other save button saves the information without any futhur action. Give us a template we can download and fill out and then e mail to national or fax to national after we have saved the filled in form on our computers. Having to go to auxilary programs and processes makes it too difficult for many volunteers. I really don't care to chase down alternatives to what should be a simple process. As an alternative let us send in our reports on paper instead of electronically. Maybe part of the reason our records show less students completing courses is the fact that the reporting process is too cumbersome with DB 2000 or form 800. How many books have been sold for which there are no reports of students finishing a class? -----Original Message----- >From: psml-request at usps.org >Sent: Mar 12, 2008 1:58 PM >To: "R.Daybell" >Subject: PSML Digest, Vol 19, Issue 4 > >Send PSML mailing list submissions to > psml at usps.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > psml-request at usps.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > psml-owner at usps.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of PSML digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping (Susan Darcy) > 2. Re: Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping (Penneman, Roger B) > 3. Annual Meeting Photographs (Twila Hauck) > 4. Re: Annual Meeting Photographs (Phil Arcuni) > 5. (no subject) (jeff at usps-atlanta.org) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 19:31:36 -0500 >From: "Susan Darcy" >Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >To: "Power Squadron Mailing List" >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Message-ID: <00a101c8817c$efc19c30$f2a6cc45 at susanD2T4XP91> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Have you tried to use the "Typewriter" option in the latest Acrobat Reader? >I believe you can type on the form, save it and even attach it to an email. > > > >And just as Barclay stated, the major reason for using pdf files is for >cross-platform transfers and commonality between platforms. > > > >Susan > > _____ > >From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of >Barclay M. Thomas >Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 9:28 AM >To: Susan at darcy-systems.com >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping > > > >Dan, R.D., and all, > >Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format (RTF) is easily read and >written by most word processing programs, any document formatting is often >lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document Format (PDF) is designed >by default to retain all formatting of the original document no matter what >platform or program it is viewed in. > >Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in PDF, but it makes for >a better archive since all the data will remain in the right place. You can >always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to alter it. > > > >I have not paid too much attention to what is out there in terms of PDF >creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and many are not too >expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay for. I do know there >are some open-source programs that are quite capable though. Take a look at >, but don't get overwhelmed by all the projects >(grin). > > > >That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the National website had >all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) created as text >fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as a template, then >filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for someone else to do the >work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. > > > >Enjoy the weekend, > >-- > >P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP > >Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 > > > > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080308/1ae85d95/attachment-0001.html > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:44:39 -0500 >From: "Penneman, Roger B" >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping >To: psml at usps.org >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Message-ID: > <708B267DA6CD0A4484FB84973D64B4630F3599AE at emss07m15.us.lmco.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Microsoft has an add-in for Office that creates pdf files. It's also >free. > >Roger Penneman >Fort Worth > >________________________________ > >From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of >WMMILLER at aol.com >Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 3:37 PM >To: Penneman, Roger B >Cc: psml at usps.org >Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping > > >There is a neat program on the DB2000 download page, actually its two >programs called Ghost Writer and Redmond. If you load these it prints >to a virtual printer that results in .pdf files of anything you want to >print save to the file you pick. It does graphics as well as text, all >very easy. If you look at the score sheets for the 2006 and 2007 web >awards, they were all done with these programs. No sense to poke around >the web when its available on the USPS web. > >Bill Miller > > > >In a message dated 3/8/2008 3:29:18 P.M. Central Standard Time, >fkemp at optonline.net writes: > > Take a look at www.software995.com for the product > called pdf995 > > it is free (if you don't mind putting up with a little >advertising) and > installs > so that you can "print" your document to this software - and >it will > brew up a .pdf > of whatever you just sent to the printer. > > Really nifty - it works. > > Best - Frank Kemp Darien Sail & Power Squadron Darien, >CT D/2 > === > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >- - - > Frank B. Kemp e-mail >fkemp at optonline.net > 20 Seagate Road phone (203) 656 1129 > Darien, CT 06820-5625 > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >- - - > > ________________________________________ > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? >See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:33:01 -0400 >From: "Twila Hauck" >Subject: [Psml] Annual Meeting Photographs >To: >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Message-ID: <000001c882ed$efb8b9e0$0101a8c0 at user65da5d3396> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Hello to all. > >Just a note! Photographs from the Annual Meeting in Dallas are > >Up on the National Web Site at: > >http://www.usps.org/national/NationalPhotographer/ > >Thanks to our National Photographers > >Trudy Brown, & Joe Dorn! > >Almost ? as good as being there! > >Twila > >Web Master > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080310/2ab1e3a5/attachment-0001.html >-------------- next part -------------- >A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >Name: not available >Type: image/gif >Size: 145 bytes >Desc: not available >Url : http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080310/2ab1e3a5/attachment-0001.gif > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:14:15 -0400 >From: "Phil Arcuni" >Subject: Re: [Psml] Annual Meeting Photographs >To: >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Message-ID: <012701c883cd$a5028800$6501a8c0 at phildesktop> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Hi Twila, > >Thanks for the Photos. I am shown with Ernie receiving my Life Member Cert >and my Past R/C Plaque. I would like to have those photos for my files for >various purposes. I have located and tried to capture the two images, but >have been unsuccessful. Is there a way to do that? Adobe Flash Player does >not seem to be a very friendly application. > >Best regards, Phil > >P/R/C Philip Arcuni, SN >Information Technology Committee > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Twila Hauck" >To: >Cc: "United States Power Squadrons Mailing List" >Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 4:33 PM >Subject: [Psml] Annual Meeting Photographs > > >> >> >> Hello to all. >> >> Just a note! Photographs from the Annual Meeting in Dallas are >> >> Up on the National Web Site at: >> >> http://www.usps.org/national/NationalPhotographer/ >> >> Thanks to our National Photographers >> >> Trudy Brown, & Joe Dorn! >> >> Almost ? as good as being there! >> >> Twila >> >> Web Master >> >> > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> ________________________________________ >> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >> www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:57:55 -0400 >From: >Subject: [Psml] (no subject) >To: >Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List >Message-ID: <00cd01c88483$bf16bde0$6401a8c0 at Screamer> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >At the national meeting, someone was displaying a PWC Simulator based on a >video game. The plans were from the Texas Department of Wildlife, but I >didn't catch who (which squadron) had built it. We're considering building >one, but would like to get in contact with someone who as done it (copy >ideas, avoid the same mistakes, etc. ) as well as getting some pictures of >the internals. Anyone know who to contact? > >Jeff >D-17 Admin >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080312/95905aa8/attachment.html >-------------- next part -------------- >A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >Name: Jeffrey D. Wise (jeffw at apogeesystems.com).vcf >Type: text/x-vcard >Size: 734 bytes >Desc: not available >Url : http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080312/95905aa8/attachment.vcf > >------------------------------ > >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > >End of PSML Digest, Vol 19, Issue 4 >*********************************** R.D. Daybell From damnrich at wavecable.com Thu Mar 13 14:16:17 2008 From: damnrich at wavecable.com (MARK RICHEY) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:16:17 -0700 Subject: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping In-Reply-To: <006001c88151$d686ed40$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> References: <6E75EC61-D142-47E9-9DBA-591168337060@sbcglobal.net> <20080308180936.29B4D290567@smtp1.av-mx.com> <006001c88151$d686ed40$6500a8c0@epoxkitchen> Message-ID: I personally like "PrimoPDF". It is a freebe that gives you lots of options. I used to use it to publish our newsletter. D/Lt/C Mark Richey D16 On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:23:06 -0800 "Robert Miller" wrote: > What was I thinking? In my first response I should have >mentioned that there > are free PDF creators that "print" to a PDF file. Some >are true freeware but > quite a few are only free trials so read all the fine >print first. Search on > "Free PDF Converter" with Google, Live Search, Yahoo, >Lycos or whatever you > use and you will find a bunch of alternatives. > > > > Sorry I forgot that in the first place. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bob > > _____ > >From: psml-bounces at usps.org >[mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Dan > Bartell > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:03 AM > To: boatsafe at comcast.net > Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record >Keeping > > > > Actually if you have full Acrobat you can turn a PDF >document into a form > with fields and actions upon submission. Tom Brinka has >done that with the > Educational Department order forms which go to cgi >scripts running on the > server and it works quite well. You can partially fill >out the forms and > save them as templates on your own machine. However it >takes full Acrobat > which is a bit pricey. > Cheers, > Dan > At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote: > > > > Dan, R.D., and all, > Not that I am an expert but, while Rich Text Format >(RTF) is easily read and > written by most word processing programs, any document >formatting is often > lost or skewed in the transition. Portable Document >Format (PDF) is designed > by default to retain all formatting of the original >document no matter what > platform or program it is viewed in. > Yes, it may take another step or two to save a file in >PDF, but it makes for > a better archive since all the data will remain in the >right place. You can > always save the PDF as a text (.txt) file if you want to >alter it. > > I have not paid too much attention to what is out there >in terms of PDF > creation/conversion programs, but there are a lot and >many are not too > expensive or are free. Of course you get what you pay >for. I do know there > are some open-source programs that are quite capable >though. Take a look at > , but don't get overwhelmed by >all the projects > (grin). > > That being said, it would be nice if the forms on the >National website had > all the data input spaces (i.e.: quantity, price, etc.) >created as text > fields so a blank original can be downloaded and save as >a template, then > filled out as needed. Of course I am only looking for >someone else to do the > work so I don't have to. But once it's done, it's done. > > Enjoy the weekend, > -- > P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP > Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1 > > > ________________________________________ > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email >address? See > www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > > _______________________________________________ > P/C Dan Bartell, SN > SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC) > Member USPS National Information Technology Committee > From jeff at usps-atlanta.org Mon Mar 17 13:02:36 2008 From: jeff at usps-atlanta.org (jeff at usps-atlanta.org) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:02:36 -0400 Subject: [Psml] GPS Seminar as a PPT In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <009201c88850$b3a11a20$6401a8c0@Screamer> Does anyone have the current GPS Seminar PowerPoint as a PPT? I've gotten no less than six seminar CDs from national and all of them have the GPS seminar as a PowerPoint Show (PPS) and none as a PPT. I'd like to be able to add my own slides where appropriate, but the PPS doesn't allow reordering, deleting or adding slides. Hopefully it's on a web or ftp site somewhere. Thanks, Jeff D17 Admin From sisu26 at nettally.com Mon Mar 17 16:18:28 2008 From: sisu26 at nettally.com (C. Henry Depew) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:18:28 -0500 Subject: [Psml] GPS Seminar as a PPT In-Reply-To: <009201c88850$b3a11a20$6401a8c0@Screamer> References: <009201c88850$b3a11a20$6401a8c0@Screamer> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20080317151703.04a78008@nettally.com> Greetings! You should be able to dis-assemble a pps file. At least, I have done it. Of course, it had been created by my PowerPoint program and the original resided on my computer. Perhaps that is why I was able to open, change, and re-save it. C. Henry Depew At 12:02 PM 3/17/2008, jeff at usps-atlanta.org wrote: >Does anyone have the current GPS Seminar PowerPoint as a PPT? > >I've gotten no less than six seminar CDs from national and all of them have >the GPS seminar as a PowerPoint Show (PPS) and none as a PPT. I'd like to >be able to add my own slides where appropriate, but the PPS doesn't allow >reordering, deleting or adding slides. Hopefully it's on a web or ftp site >somewhere. > >Thanks, >Jeff >D17 Admin > > > > >________________________________________ >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. From k2gkk at hotmail.com Mon Mar 17 15:26:09 2008 From: k2gkk at hotmail.com (D C *Mac* Macdonald) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:26:09 -0500 Subject: [Psml] GPS Seminar as a PPT In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20080317151703.04a78008@nettally.com> References: <009201c88850$b3a11a20$6401a8c0@Screamer> <7.0.1.0.2.20080317151703.04a78008@nettally.com> Message-ID: If you get it as a .ppt, you can add or subtract slides quite easily. If it comes to you as a .pps file, save it as a *.ppt file and then you can edit it. Once you have done what you want to with it, save it as a .pps file and you can view or show it quite easily. ** D C "Mac" Macdonald ** * m/v Another Adventure * ** '95 Carver 355 ACMY ** * Grand Lake - Oklahoma * ** AGLCA (#217) & USPS ** ** K2GKK, USAF-Retired ** > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:18:28 -0500 > From: sisu26 at nettally.com > Subject: Re: [Psml] GPS Seminar as a PPT > CC: psml at usps.org > To: k2gkk at hotmail.com > > Greetings! > You should be able to dis-assemble a pps file. At least, I > have done it. Of course, it had been created by my PowerPoint > program and the original resided on my computer. Perhaps that is why > I was able to open, change, and re-save it. > > > C. Henry Depew > > At 12:02 PM 3/17/2008, jeff at usps-atlanta.org wrote: > >>Does anyone have the current GPS Seminar PowerPoint as a PPT? >> >>I've gotten no less than six seminar CDs from national and all of them have >>the GPS seminar as a PowerPoint Show (PPS) and none as a PPT. I'd like to >>be able to add my own slides where appropriate, but the PPS doesn't allow >>reordering, deleting or adding slides. Hopefully it's on a web or ftp site >>somewhere. >> >>Thanks, >>Jeff >>D17 Admin >> >> >> >> >>________________________________________ >>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See >>www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. > > > ________________________________________ > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. From brucethe at hotmail.com Mon Mar 17 15:51:19 2008 From: brucethe at hotmail.com (Bruce Theriault) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:51:19 -0400 Subject: [Psml] GPS Seminar as a PPT In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20080317151703.04a78008@nettally.com> References: <009201c88850$b3a11a20$6401a8c0@Screamer> <7.0.1.0.2.20080317151703.04a78008@nettally.com> Message-ID: The secret to opening a powerpoint for editing is to open the POWERPOINT program first and then open the file. You can edit any unprotected program this way. You can save a protected program as your own file and THEN edit it. Simply save it with a name you'll remember when you are done. If you open the file by clicking on it you will NOT be allowed to modify it even if you created it. The advantage to a PPS file is that it is tiny compared to a PPT file and takes up little space. Enjoy editing...... Bruce Theriault, D-18 > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:18:28 -0500> From: sisu26 at nettally.com> Subject: Re: [Psml] GPS Seminar as a PPT> CC: psml at usps.org> To: brucethe at hotmail.com> > Greetings!> You should be able to dis-assemble a pps file. At least, I > have done it. Of course, it had been created by my PowerPoint > program and the original resided on my computer. Perhaps that is why > I was able to open, change, and re-save it.> > > C. Henry Depew> > At 12:02 PM 3/17/2008, jeff at usps-atlanta.org wrote:> > >Does anyone have the current GPS Seminar PowerPoint as a PPT?> >> >I've gotten no less than six seminar CDs from national and all of them have> >the GPS seminar as a PowerPoint Show (PPS) and none as a PPT. I'd like to> >be able to add my own slides where appropriate, but the PPS doesn't allow> >reordering, deleting or adding slides. Hopefully it's on a web or ftp site> >somewhere.> >> >Thanks,> >Jeff> >D17 Admin> >> >> >> >> >________________________________________> >Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See > >www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details.> > > ________________________________________> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080317/344ea77e/attachment-0001.html From lu at abelhome.net Mon Mar 17 22:19:28 2008 From: lu at abelhome.net (Lu Abel) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:19:28 -0700 Subject: [Psml] Boat Smart and Boating manuals for sale Message-ID: <47DF26B0.3090703@abelhome.net> Santa Clara Power Squadron has about 45 Boat Smart and 15 Boating manuals that we'd like to dispose of. Prices: Boat Smart $15, Boating $20, we'll pay the postage (better than HQ!) Please contact either me or DeWayn Meek (captdewayn at comcast.net) for more information. From rdaybell at earthlink.net Fri Mar 28 13:18:05 2008 From: rdaybell at earthlink.net (rdaybell at earthlink.net) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:18:05 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [Psml] Advanced Piloting Chapter 6 Message-ID: <13110172.1206724686208.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net> In the student manual chapter 6 for advanced piloting there is mention of yearly updates regarding advances in the latest tools for navigation and future trends. Where can we obtain this information on the national website? Or where else do we look for the information? R.D. Daybell From rdaybell at earthlink.net Sun Mar 30 20:31:37 2008 From: rdaybell at earthlink.net (rdaybell at earthlink.net) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:31:37 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [Psml] Location of the current dues information on the national website Message-ID: <29827824.1206923497595.JavaMail.root@elwamui-ovcar.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Where can we locate the correct information on national dues on the national website? Meaning what amount will we be charging for someone who joins the squadron after June 1st, 2008. Information on traditional dues for 2006/2007 and for 2007/2008 is on the secretary department downline. Whats missing is the information for 2008/2009 to charge new members. There needs to be an item for current amounts for dues on the website index where a person can easily find out what it would cost to join the squadron. In addition information on what is to be (2008/2009) is needed instead of having what it used to be a year ago (2006/2007). R.D. Daybell From rakel at verizon.net Mon Mar 31 16:40:49 2008 From: rakel at verizon.net (Robert Keller) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:40:49 -0400 Subject: [Psml] PWC Simulator References: <00cd01c88483$bf16bde0$6401a8c0@Screamer> Message-ID: <01a101c8936f$82554b60$5c1d153f@toshibauser> MessageHello Jeff - The PWC Simulator displayed at the Dallas Annual USPS meeting is one of several constructed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as part of their state wide "Nobody's Waterproof" campaign efforts in Boater Education. As you noted the PWC is an actual jet ski shell without any engine or propulsion features. It is coupled to a game boy type screen and mounted on a small PWC trailer. The rider steers and operates the throttle through a course viewed on the screen just as if was being ridden, much like you might see in a video arcade. What a super draw at boat shows and water sports shows. They even require the person doing it to put on a proper high impact life jacket. I hope you had a chance to try it yourself in Dallas. You can get more details from: Brandi Bradford State Boater Education Coordinator Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 4200 Smith School Road Austin, TX 78744 512-389-4993 www.NobodysWaterproof.com They have offered to provide a PWC Simulator to the D21 Texas and adjacent squadrons for use at any water safety activity for loan. Hope this helps in your efforts to construct one for your squadron's activities and shows. They have plans available for help in making one. The trailer passes`through any double door entry as well. Robert Keller, Chairman USPS National Meetings ----- Original Message ----- From: jeff at usps-atlanta.org To: rakel at verizon.net Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:57 PM Subject: [Psml] (no subject) At the national meeting, someone was displaying a PWC Simulator based on a video game. The plans were from the Texas Department of Wildlife, but I didn't catch who (which squadron) had built it. We're considering building one, but would like to get in contact with someone who as done it (copy ideas, avoid the same mistakes, etc. ) as well as getting some pictures of the internals. Anyone know who to contact? Jeff D-17 Admin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080331/89dfecba/attachment.html From patdance at att.net Mon Mar 31 17:50:18 2008 From: patdance at att.net (patdance at att.net) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:50:18 +0000 Subject: [Psml] FW: Re: Location of the current dues information on the national website Message-ID: <033120082150.19678.47F15C99000B767000004CDE22230704929B0A02D29B9B0EBF0A0C020E0B9F04@att.net> -------------- This information was sent to the squadron commanders, treasurers and memberhip committee chairman about a week ago. Pat Dance Cape Coral -------------- Original message from "rdaybell at earthlink.net" : -------------- > Where can we locate the correct information on national dues on the national > website? Meaning what amount will we be charging for someone who joins the > squadron after June 1st, 2008. Information on traditional dues for 2006/2007 > and for 2007/2008 is on the secretary department downline. Whats missing is the > information for 2008/2009 to charge new members. > > There needs to be an item for current amounts for dues on the website index > where a person can easily find out what it would cost to join the squadron. In > addition information on what is to be (2008/2009) is needed instead of having > what it used to be a year ago (2006/2007). > > R.D. Daybell > ___________________________ _____________ > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See > www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/psml/attachments/20080331/0c569df8/attachment.html From dlhboat at frontiernet.net Mon Mar 31 17:56:28 2008 From: dlhboat at frontiernet.net (Dave Hinders) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:56:28 -0700 Subject: [Psml] Location of the current dues information on the nationalwebsite In-Reply-To: <29827824.1206923497595.JavaMail.root@elwamui-ovcar.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <29827824.1206923497595.JavaMail.root@elwamui-ovcar.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <00b101c8937a$13208290$6601a8c0@Lap2> Richard, You can find the dues for your squadron in the Squadron Dues Calculator www.usps.org/national/natsec/dues/calc.htm which was updated with the latest dues info today. Cheers, Dave Hinders -----Original Message----- From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of rdaybell at earthlink.net Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:32 PM To: dlhboat at frontiernet.net Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List Subject: [Psml] Location of the current dues information on the nationalwebsite Where can we locate the correct information on national dues on the national website? Meaning what amount will we be charging for someone who joins the squadron after June 1st, 2008. Information on traditional dues for 2006/2007 and for 2007/2008 is on the secretary department downline. Whats missing is the information for 2008/2009 to charge new members. There needs to be an item for current amounts for dues on the website index where a person can easily find out what it would cost to join the squadron. In addition information on what is to be (2008/2009) is needed instead of having what it used to be a year ago (2006/2007). R.D. Daybell ________________________________________ Need to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your email address? See www.usps.org/mailman/listinfo/psml for details. From garthoff at uakron.edu Sat Mar 15 15:12:33 2008 From: garthoff at uakron.edu (The Old Hokie) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:12:33 -0000 Subject: [Psml] Fw: Unique sailboat image... Message-ID: <004001c886d0$8f3f9ed0$4301a8c0@self4cl877dhc9> Subject: Fw: Unique sailboat image... So you want to cruise Florida's Intracoastal Waterway with a mast higher than 65 feet? This sailboat came in recently at Vero Beach. It has a 80' mast and 7'10' draft. Each of the two water bags weighs 2,000 pounds. It's been coming down the ICW using this unique tilting maneuver. What a treat to w atch the crew execute this maneuver. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. 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