The "default" programs that you mention are not part of Windows. They have either been downloaded by you or installed as part of a bundle from the computer assembler/manufacturer. If you were to start with a pure virgin installation of Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 7, it would have no idea what a PDF file is or how to display it. On the other hand, it could use its "default" built-in picture viewer to display JPG files. Granted, nearly everybody ends up downloading and installing Adobe's PDF Reader which is a free app.
Brian in CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Van Wasshnova [mailto:rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 8:49 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Attach sources as jpg or pdf > > On a Vista computer go to "Default Programs" and "Associate a File > Type" > For XP start with "Set Program Access and Defaults" > choose PDF and you can change the Default program to open PDF files on > that computer, (Adobe Reader, IE, Google chrome or whatever works). > Legacy will now open PDF files with the newly selected Default. > > Since PDF opens in a separate window you can easily transcribe > manuscript directly into Legacy. Since JPG is viewed from within > Legacy itself transcribing is not as easy. > > -- > Richard Van Wasshnova > http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova > http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot > <br...@the-lightfoots.com> wrote: > > As previously stated by others, either PDF or JPG file formats are > common, easily used, and require no special user interaction in order > to view or create. Either is perfect for source docs in Legacy. > > > > However, Windows does NOT have a built-in "default" viewer for the > open standard PDF (Portable Document Format) files which was originally > created by Adobe Systems. Their free PDF reader as well as many other > freeware PDF viewer programs need to be installed on any computer in > order to view a PDF file. Even web browsers require a plug-in from > Adobe in order to view PDF files on the Web. PDF files can contain rich > text with layout, embedded fonts, embedded JPG graphics, and 2D vector > graphics. > > > > JPG files (Joint Photographic Experts Group = JPEG) on the other > hand, have native, built-in support from within the Windows OS and most > browsers, including Internet Explorer and Firefox. > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
