I don't know Don. $250 for a piece of software is a little steep since I might not use it much. (grin)
Thanks for the email offer, but I already have two other locally executable solutions. Dave and Jonkai suggested using Preview to load and convert the file. If I had not switched control of the pdf format to Acrobat Reader, I would have figured that out for myself. You see, the first time you start Acrobat Reader it checks to see if it is the default application for pdf files and, if it is not, asks if you want to change it. I unwittingly chose yes. Then later, I discovered the new feature of OS X Jaguar that results in a screen dump being recorded as pdf, not pict as expected. Double-clicking the screen dump pdf launched Adobe's Acrobat Reader instead of Apple's Preview. MY BAD! Preview is apparently much more useful.
The other solution I found on my own. I discovered that one can load the pdf into AppleWorks and, using "Save As," drop it back on the disk as a jpg.
In another related issue I discovered that one can create pdf files under OS X Jaguar from almost ANY APPLICATION! The standard Print dialogue window has at its bottom an Aqua blue button labeled, "Save As PDF." Click it and your beautifully rendered preview becomes "an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Anyone can open your document across a broad range of hardware and software, and it will look exactly as you intended — with layout, fonts, links, and images intact." (quoted from Adobe's site - adobe.com
I haven't tried it yet. Since it is a print preview, the links might not be there, but it doesn't cost $250 either.
HerbVic
(edit) CORRECTION! - Actually, if you count the ability to screen dump to pdf, with Jaguar you can actually create pdf files FROM ANY APPLICATION. Not "almost any application." |
