[AJD] pdf files WAS DB1234

[Gary Epps]

Thank you for the further information.  Looks like I should look into it.

Gary

Steve W. wrote:
> Yep. The primary advantages of pdf is that the Adobe reader is free and
> the files are smaller than most other formats plus they are more
> universal than other types as well. Plus when done on a good program you
> can make the files searchable and tagged. So if you open the file and
> have an index sheet you can click the link and go to the correct page(s)
> without having to go through all the pages. I am currently scanning in a
> workshop manual for my CC garden tractor. That way the paper copy gets
> put away and I can have a copy on the shop computer as well as inside
> the house. Comes in handy to answer questions when you can open the book
> wherever you are or to send parts to someone who needs them. If you need
> a paper copy you just print out the sheets you need and toss them when
> they get dirty.
> 
> Oh Cute PDF also has a version for I believe 50 bucks or so that will do
> a lot of what the Adobe 400 dollar package will do. Might take two steps
> to do what Adobe does in one but for 350 bucks savings I can afford a
> couple minutes....
> 
> Steve Williams
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Epps" <garyepps at fidnet.com>
> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [AJD] DB1234
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi Steve,
>>
>>I don't fully understand things computer, but can document you create
> 
> in
> 
>>a PDF format be read by any PDF reader such as Adobe Reader?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>Gary
>>
>>Steve W. wrote:
>>
>>>Dean,
>>> There is a free PDF creator that I use BUT it is limited in what it
> 
> can
> 
>>>do. It is called Cute PDF writer.
>>>
>>>http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
>>>
>>>Steve Williams
>>>Near Cooperstown, New York
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
>>>To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'"
>>><antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 2:10 PM
>>>Subject: RE: [AJD] DB1234
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Karl:
>>>>
>>>>I wish I had the Adobe software to generate PDF files. I need it and
>>>
>>>am too
>>>
>>>
>>>>cheap to buy it. I'm just using version 6.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader.
> 
> The
> 
>>>INDEX
>>>
>>>
>>>>file I'm using to get the inventory of the Parts Catalog disks is
>>>
>>>included
>>>
>>>
>>>>right with the original PC CD's.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>>>Snohomish, WA 98290
>>>>
>>>>I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>>>>storeroom door
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>www.deerelegacy.com
>>>>
>>>>http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>>[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On
> 
> Behalf
> 
>>>Of
>>>
>>>
>>>>Karl Olmstead
>>>>Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 8:44 AM
>>>>To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>>>>Subject: Re: [AJD] DB1234
>>>>
>>>>You're right, Dean; I meant DB1293, the service manual CD.  Didn't
>>>
>>>think
>>>
>>>
>>>>1234 sounded quite right....
>>>>
>>>>Sounds like you're generating your own PDF files; do you have Adobe
>>>
>>>Acrobat?
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've always limped along with just the (free) reader.
>>>>-Karl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Karl:
>>>>>
>>>>>What is on DB1234?  I use Acrobat 6.0 also and am quite pleased
> 
> with
> 
>>>it
>>>
>>>
>>>>>but
>>>>>it has a severe bloat (too many lines of code) problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have four different DB CD's transferred from the CD to my Hard
>>>
>>>Disk.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Then
>>>>>I did a short cut to the "index.pdf" file related to each set of
> 
> pdf
> 
>>>>>files.
>>>>>This provides a complete list of all the named files on the each
>>>
>>>subfolder
>>>
>>>
>>>>>where I have copied the CD's contents to.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here is a sample shortcut for the DB1293 CD:
>>>>>
>>>>>"C:\John Deere Parts CD's\Tractors DB 1293\INDEX.PDF"
>>>>>
>>>>>"John Deere Parts CD's" is the top level folder where I have all
>>>
>>>four CD's
>>>
>>>
>>>>>copied into four different subfolders.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Tractors DB 1293" is one of the subfolders names.
>>>>>
>>>>>INDEX.PDF is the file that presents the index of all pdf files that
>>>
>>>were
>>>
>>>
>>>>>on
>>>>>the CD which are now loaded on my Hard disk within that sub
>>>
>>>directory.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>>>>Snohomish, WA 98290
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>Antique-johndeere mailing list
>>>>http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>Antique-johndeere mailing list
>>>>http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>Antique-johndeere mailing list
>>>http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>-- 
>>In the Ozark Mountains of South Central USA where both life and I move
>>at a leisurely pace.
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Antique-johndeere mailing list
>>http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere
>>
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Antique-johndeere mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere
> 
> 
> 

-- 
In the Ozark Mountains of South Central USA where both life and I move 
at a leisurely pace.