[Psml] Paperless Reporting and Record Keeping

[MARK RICHEY]

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" <boatsafe at comcast.net> 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
> <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
> 
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> SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC)
> Member USPS National Information Technology Committee  
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