Re: [PEDA] Acrobat 5 on Schematics

2002-07-11 Thread Matt Pobursky
I agree. I gave up on PDF Writer long ago and use Distiller exclusively now too. You have much more control over output options and the overall quality of the pdf file seems better. Matt Pobursky Maximum Performance Systems On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:36:16 -0700, Dwight Harm wrote: >FWIW, we've gene

Re: [PEDA] Acrobat 5 on Schematics

2002-07-11 Thread Linden Doyle
Greetings all, I have recently come across a "free" (money required to remove advertising pop-up) program to generate PDFs. It installs as a printer driver and in the limited time I've been trying it (acouple of days) it seems to work well. Its called PDF995 and can be downloaded from www.pdf995

Re: [PEDA] Acrobat 5 on Schematics

2002-07-11 Thread Matt . VanDeWerken
I've never had a problem making pdf's from my schematics. I use a postscript printer, setup to print to file, then use ghostscript to convert the postscript to a pdf. The output quality depends on which PS printer you choose; generally Apple ones are pretty good. I've got the whole lot running fr

Re: [PEDA] Acrobat 5 on Schematics

2002-07-11 Thread Dwight Harm
FWIW, we've generally found Acrobat Distiller to be more reliable/accurate than PDF Writer when handling graphics, both from Protel & other apps. > -Original Message- > From: mariusrf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:16 PM > > I've seen this too , although in a

Re: [PEDA] 'Ghost' mouse presses

2002-07-11 Thread Jon Elson
Terry Creer wrote: >Part 1.1Type: Plain Text (text/plain) Just recently I have been getting 'ghost' button presses from my mouse in P99SE. When placing a track, I press the left button to start it, and it is as if I had pressed the button twice. It's starting to get annoying. Any su

Re: [PEDA] 'Ghost' mouse presses

2002-07-11 Thread Terry Creer

Re: [PEDA] Acrobat 5 on Schematics

2002-07-11 Thread mariusrf
I've seen this too , although in a weird variation. Just some of the letters would disappear , so the words had holes . I had to change the font type to make this go away - Original Message - From: "Brian Guralnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thur

Re: [PEDA] Acrobat 5 on Schematics

2002-07-11 Thread Brian Guralnick
> For the fonts that don't render correctly you may have to tell the PDF writer to > embedd the fonts. I haven't seen a problem with the arcs. > > Rob This sometime can be related to the outer margin settings. I usually set my outer margins to as small ass possible, & then, shrink the auto

Re: [PEDA] 'Ghost' mouse presses

2002-07-11 Thread Bruce Walter
Could be simply a bad switch - they are mechanical, not perfect, and don't last forever. I have had similar experiences before, and was forced to replace the mouse, as replacing the switch was un-realistic. -Original Message- From: Terry Creer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [PEDA] PPC to word insertion

2002-07-11 Thread Matt Pobursky
Yuriy, You could also do a search on the internet for "Screen Capture" programs. There are a lot of good freeware/shareware programs out there that let you capture a screen, window or selected portion of your screen to various graphics file formats or the Windows clipboard. I personally use Snag

Re: [PEDA] ATS - don't do it! (was restore defaults...)

2002-07-11 Thread Matt Pobursky
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:18:04 +1000 (EST), DUTTON Phil wrote: >I have used Protel to produce schematics and design boards for many years >and find it an excellent and fair priced tool for the intended job. You really consider $8000US a "fair priced tool" for a package where schematic capture and P

Re: [PEDA] PPC to word insertion

2002-07-11 Thread Yuriy Khapochkin
Damon, Thank you. It's the best answer, though I feel myself too dumb... "Export as WMF" doesn't work, give me an "Exception Occured In PCBPrint:PrintDocument...". Probably, something wrong with my instaalation, but I don't have time to fix it now. Thanks everybody fo you help, but I don't have

Re: [PEDA] 'Ghost' mouse presses

2002-07-11 Thread Ian Wilson
On 12:03 PM 11/07/2002 +0930, Terry Creer said: >Greets All! > Just recently I have been getting 'ghost' button presses from my >mouse in P99SE. When placing a track, I press the left button to start it, >and it is as if I had pressed the button twice. It's starting to get >annoying. Any s

[PEDA] Configuration of BOM wizard

2002-07-11 Thread Adeel Malik
Hi ALL, Can someone provide me with an examplary script file or macro to configure the Protel's BOM wizard in Schematic Editor ?. Basically, I want to create the BOM with my own settings suitable for FAB house. Regards, ADEEL MALIK,

Re: [PEDA] PPC to word insertion

2002-07-11 Thread Rene Tschaggelar
I do have acrobat version 4 and it works for me on sch files. What are your problems ? Rene * Tracking #: 61DB1A95CCE8B7449E1B6862B684DFD434CF06B2 * -