RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-28 Thread Norman Dunbar
6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com - -Original Message- From: Malcolm Cadman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 6:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT

RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
Morning malcolm, you said : He .. he .. of course you have just left the clock ticking until that fateful day when it all goes wrong !! I know that ! You know that ! My colleagues here know that ! But management make the decisions Then they'll know, and I'll have to come back on

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-24 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Norman Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Dilwyn, Now, we know how 'hard' Norman Dunbar works ;-) Not for much longer - I'm being 'got rid of' due to the fact that I've been working very hard to get thing running correctly, automated and scripted. Now that it is

RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
-Original Message- From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 6:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT) The drivers leave a lot to be desired though, Easy - download and install updated drivers (8

RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Dilwyn, Now, we know how 'hard' Norman Dunbar works ;-) Not for much longer - I'm being 'got rid of' due to the fact that I've been working very hard to get thing running correctly, automated and scripted. Now that it is all done, I've been told so s*d off because we don't need you now - as

RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com - -Original Message- From: Stephen Meech [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 at 09:23:07, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) But if you are running XP then the print-scn button no longer works - microsoft don't want any DOS backwards compatability in XP ! SHIFT Print Screen does. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Phoebus Dokos
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:23:07 +0100, Norman Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if you are running XP then the print-scn button no longer works - microsoft don't want any DOS backwards compatability in XP ! Not true. the screen capture feature was never a dos trick :-) Phoebus -- Phoebus Dokos -

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Phoebus Dokos
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:10:26 +0100, Norman Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Phoebus, oh yes it was ! (AKA I beg to differ !) It started (?) in DOS where the print-scn button printed the text on screen to a printer (not sure if it was able to be redirected to a file though) in text mode. In

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 at 14:10:26, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) print screen not DOS oh yes it was ! (AKA I beg to differ !) It started (?) in DOS where the print-scn button printed the text on screen to a printer (not sure if it was able to be redirected to a file though) in

RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT) On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:10:26 +0100, Norman Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This email is intended only for the use of the addressees named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not an addressee you must not read

RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Norman Dunbar
Tony wrote : It is mind boggling though when one gets an image of a full screen in a non-windowed viewer. It is difficult working what are 'real' items to click (8-)# It's also great fun to grab a screen on someone's PC and load it into Paint (or similar) then go to full screen view

RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Darren . Branagh
Not bad Norman!! I still like the piece of sellotape over the ball on the bottom of the mouse trick - for the non-technical (ie. most secretaries!) it keeps them puzzled for ages wiggling their mice and nothing happens. The other one is prising off the keys from the keyboards and switching

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Phoebus Dokos
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:54:12 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 at 14:10:26, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) print screen not DOS oh yes it was ! (AKA I beg to differ !) It started (?) in DOS where the print-scn button printed the text on screen to

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Stephen Meech
- Original Message - From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 2:54 PM Certainly does. It is mind boggling though when one gets an image of a full screen in a non-windowed viewer. It is difficult working what are 'real' items to click (8-)# A favourite trick

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Stephen Meech
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 5:33 PM On Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:33 PM , Al Feng wrote: If you only need a screen save, then you can use Snagit32 (WIN shareware). Or, using standard tools, view the document in Full

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 at 15:33:39, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) The other one is prising off the keys from the keyboards and switching them about, or spelling out rude word on the keyboard with them - this won't bother the touch typists, but as for the rest of us. Sturat Honeyball did

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Phoebus Dokos
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:03:06 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 at 14:45:44, Norman Dunbar wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) , the food and wine is fabulous - and cheap ! Cheap! Have you lost your mind Man It's at least 4 times as expensive now than it was

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Dave Walker
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:33 PM Subject: RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT) Not bad Norman!! I still like the piece of sellotape over the ball on the bottom of the mouse trick

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones
It's also great fun to grab a screen on someone's PC and load it into Paint (or similar) then go to full screen view mode, and watch what happens when they come back from lunch/smoke break/toilet break and try to start work again :o) Cheers, Norman. First, we had the secrets of what Tony

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 at 19:12:40, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) It's also great fun to grab a screen on someone's PC and load it into Paint (or similar) then go to full screen view mode, and watch what happens when they come back from lunch/smoke break/toilet break and try to

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 at 20:33:22, Dave Walker wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) The other nasty trick for Windows users is to install the screen saver from www.sysinternals.com that realistically simulates your system crashing and rebooting! I have seen users hit the reset button before they

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones
On Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:33 PM , Al Feng wrote: If you only need a screen save, then you can use Snagit32 (WIN shareware). Or, using standard tools, view the document in Full Screen mode, press ALT-PrtScr and paste into Microsoft Paint and save to JPEG or GIF. Stephen What is the

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-20 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: What is the difference between ALT PrtScreen and ordinary PrtScreen (might come in useful to know as I use PrtScreen a lot to capture screens from QPC to print my hi-colour tinkerings via Windoze progs until we have SMSQ/E hi-colour SDUMPs). ALT PS only captures the

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-18 Thread Stephen Meech
On Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:33 PM , Al Feng wrote: If you only need a screen save, then you can use Snagit32 (WIN shareware). Or, using standard tools, view the document in Full Screen mode, press ALT-PrtScr and paste into Microsoft Paint and save to JPEG or GIF. Stephen --- -- Outgoing

RE: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-17 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Darren, normally I'd say 'no' as there are no options in the 'save as' or 'save as web page' dialogue to save as a gif, bmp etc. However, if you have a modem which came with some fax software which installs as a printer driver AND allows you to 'print' to a file then you might have a chance.

Re: [ql-users] Converting Word to JPEG or GIF(slightly OT)

2003-07-17 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Norman Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Darren, normally I'd say 'no' as there are no options in the 'save as' or 'save as web page' dialogue to save as a gif, bmp etc. However, if you have a modem which came with some fax software which installs as a printer