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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sorry I forgot that in the first place.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 color=navy face="Script MT Bold"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
psml-bounces@usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces@usps.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dan Bartell<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, March 08, 2008
10:03 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> boatsafe@comcast.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> United States Power Squadrons
Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Psml] Paperless
Reporting and Record Keeping</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.<br>
Cheers,<br>
Dan<br>
At 09:28 3/8/2008, Barclay M. Thomas wrote:<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dan, R.D., and all,<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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 <<a
href="http://sourceforge.net">http://sourceforge.net</a>>, but don't get
overwhelmed by all the projects (grin).<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Enjoy the weekend,<br>
-- <br>
P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP<br>
Saybrook Power Squadron, D-1<br>
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<x-sigsep>_______________________________________________<br>
P/C Dan Bartell, SN <br>
SEO - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shallotte</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Sail & Power Squadron - D27
(NC)<br>
Member USPS National Information Technology Committee <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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