On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Daniel Lee Wenger wrote: > I wonder if anyone in this group knows of software that converts a > Word file to a gif or jpeg > or a > postscript file to a gif or jpeg > > or a > > PDF file to a gif or jpeg. > > Thanks for any help. > Dan Wenger > > Daniel Lee Wenger > Santa Cruz, CA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wengersundial.com > http://wengersundial.com/wengerfamily
Dan: This is *not* a high-tech solution, but it works... I do a screen capture (simply hit the 'print' key) with the desired word page, or pdf screen displayed. Bring up START>>ACCESSORIES>>PAINT, click in the blank page that paint opens for you, and paste the clipboard in. (Either right-click and select Paste, or EDIT>>PASTE from the menu bar.) Paint will very likely ask if you want to expand the default page size to fit the stuff you are pasting; OK that. Scroll about a bit, to center up the image you want to save. Select Tool from the toolbox, and click-drag to select the are you want to make into your gif or jpg. (This lets you get rid of the borders of the screen, task bar, other desktop "noise".) When the dotted outline encloses the area you want, right-click and Copy it. Select FILE>>NEW from the menu, and abandon the changes you've made (pasting in the clipboard). Right-click and Paste into the new blank screen, again expanding as necessary to fit the image. Finally, from the menu, select FILE>>SAVE AS and choose gif or jpg file type, rather than the default bmp. You also asked about converting ps files. Just today, I ran into a great conversion program pointed to from John Hoy's sundials page (John's is: http://axum.tripod.com/). This is a Java front-end that lets you upload your ps file, and gives you back a pdf! Open with Acrobat Reader, and save as above... Find it at: http://www.ps2pdf.com/cgi-bin/ps2pdf Dave
