Resurfacing again for the benefit of members. Those who are finding new situation difficult are requested to give a try to Google docs. After initial hiccups you will find it very convenient way of sharing.
Dear Friends > Various members are facing problem in sending mails with attachments, > others feel uncomfortable with new methods. To maintain high level of > activity members are requested to use any method convenient to them: > > 1. Those who want to retain older method are requested to attach a > photograph of roughly 60-70 KB with first mail, a photograph which > represents the plant best. You can attach more photographs in subsequent > mails in the same thread. > > 2. Write details in the mail but instead of attachments give links to your > albums such as Picasa, Flicker, etc. > > 3. Use Google docs (link https://docs.google.com/#home); you may have to > log in to Google to access it. Click on *Create * button on top left > (red) and select document. Working as you do in Microsoft word set the page > size to A3 and then insert images one after another, taking care that each > image as usual should be 800 x 600 (it wont accept image larger than 2000 x > 2000 pixels). Please remember to write information about the plant > (Botanical name, place, habit, habitat or any other information that you > want to share on the top of the page. Please remember to label each picture > so that images can be properly documented and discussed. Please remember to > click *untitled document* and enter the subject line (for Convolvulaceae > members coming week it would be "Convolvulaceae Week: ..............(name > of plant) from ...........(place)" or "Convolvulaceae Week: > ..........................(Unique ID) for ID from ..............(place)". > Save the file. For other mails drop prefixing "Convolvulaceae Week" Now you > have two options. Choose which ever is convenient to you: > A: Preferred option: click *share *(top right blue button) . The > first option should be *Private - Only the people listed below can > access. *In the Add people window enter email ID of the group ( > indiantreepix@ ooglegroups.com <[email protected]>), on > right side change option can edit to *can view, *Next tick the option *Paste > the item itself into the email. *Next click* Share and Save. *This way > your images will appear directly in the email. Mail may be longer and > members may have to scroll down but they don't have to click a thumbnail > to see an image. It will save them a lot of time. > B. Alternately simply choose the option of *Email as attachment *from > File menu, enter email of the group in next window and send. This way the > doc file will be attached at the bottom of email. No thumbnail or image > would be visible to the members, but once they click *view* on the > attachment whole file with text and will be visible. . Preparing Google > docs and sending these as email attachments (this makes the mail much > compact with just 1-2 kb attachment link. This needs a single click to show > all photographs from the original page of the member) or share doc with the > option of pasting photographs in the mail (agreed this looks slightly > lengthy process, but after you have sent a few such docs to the group, you > will find just a routine normal process. Although mail becomes longer and > reader has to scroll down in the mail, but it saves the botheration of > clicking each link or thumbnail to see each photograph. I find mail looking > very impressive with embedded photographs. I wish more and more members > find it a convenient method to use. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
