On Jan 16, 9:40 am, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote: >> From what I have read Snow Leopard can reduce the space needed to store the >> files. I have not actually experience that but I guess maybe 10.5.8 does >> this as well. -- May well be true. The most obvious explanation is usually correct.
>> One problem I'm having with Snow Leopard is getting AppleWorks 6 to create >> pdfs. Almost all my written files are AppleWorks all the way up from Claris >> 2.0: (I guess I just dated myself -- Speaking of dating yourself, I've been using WriteNow since the beginning (but after upgrading to 4 went back to 3). It has no capacity to make pdfs directly, but, if you print to file, you get postscript files. If you can save .ps files, those will open with Preview; when you close them, they will be saved as pdfs. I've been doing this for years and never had a problem. True, two steps, but it beats bloatware. You don't *need* Acrobat unless you're combining pdfs and v.5 works fine for simple jobs like that. (BTW, I tried doing it more directly using Acrobat8; didn't work immediately and I didn't try to pursue it.) Tom Field At the headwaters of the Merrimac
-- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
