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General Software Discussion / Re: Jaws PDF products replaced by "gDoc" series

« Last post by tomos on May 28, 2009, 05:01 PM »

I've been contacting them re problems converting ancient EPS files and I've got to say the support is very impressive, enthusiastic even

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General Software Discussion / Re: INfix: easy, capable, but expensive WordPad-like PDF editor

« Last post by tomos on May 28, 2009, 03:39 PM »

Just out of curiosity, how does the standard version compare to the Professional?  What additional items does Pro offer, or haven't you tested that one?

-steeladept (May 28, 2009, 09:41 AM)

I was trying to figure out the same earlier today - the site is very poor in terms of info - for a change it took  me an age to find the link to prices/buy

There are two editions of software - Standard and Professional, both offering the same sophisticated text editing but with different levels of additional features such as graphics editing and template generation for Infix Server (our server-based editing solution).

Additional features offered by Infix Pro:
tick    Search & Replace across batches of documents
tick    Advanced, auto-text fitting
tick    Template creation for Infix Server

that's all I found . .

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General Software Discussion / Re: INfix: easy, capable, but expensive WordPad-like PDF editor

« Last post by tomos on May 28, 2009, 03:32 PM »

. . but I wasn't going to pay so much over the odds just because I live in the UK.  It's a connected world now, and Nuance and other vendors will have to accept that.  I bought a license for Able2Extract instead.

-rjbull (May 28, 2009, 10:29 AM)

you should let them know so they might change their ways . .

[edit] more of the same:
I'm looking at an upgrade to Illustrator - it's 40% more expensive in Europe than in US - and that's not even including tax (another 20% on top of that waaah)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: DefenseWall HIPS - Fri March 29, 2009 BitsDuJour - 50% off

« Last post by tomos on May 28, 2009, 03:41 AM »

you must mean May 29th . .

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.107.04 beta - Sep 23, 2012

« Last post by tomos on May 27, 2009, 03:47 AM »

you cant possible have 2.61.02 installed.. it doesn't exist.

-mouser (May 27, 2009, 03:33 AM)

CleverCat must have connections

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Online Armor on Giveawayoftheday (May 26, 2009)

« Last post by tomos on May 27, 2009, 03:22 AM »

One nice thing about the offer is that there is no need to install it now, just need to 'purchase' it. Can then install it at a time of your own choosing.

-Dormouse (May 26, 2009, 05:36 PM)

If i'd a known that   ah well

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: YourFonts - Generate a font based on your handwriting

« Last post by tomos on May 26, 2009, 02:36 PM »

Because it is no longer free.

We started asking a fee at the end of April.

-erwind (May 26, 2009, 05:16 AM)

That's not an answer, that is just an other way of asking my question.

-Coeluh (May 26, 2009, 02:16 PM)

looks like a pretty straight-forward answer to me . . in the big bad world it's called making a living 

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Possible to open/close multiple programs (portable mode) with one button?

« Last post by tomos on May 26, 2009, 01:35 PM »

there's App's Lacuna Launcher as well

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Living Room / Re: Wow wowowowowow!!!!

« Last post by tomos on May 26, 2009, 03:26 AM »

Win?

-CleverCat (May 26, 2009, 02:04 AM)

possibly related to "For The Win"

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General Software Discussion / Re: Jaws PDF products replaced by "gDoc" series

« Last post by tomos on May 25, 2009, 10:28 AM »

JawsPDF Creator --> gDoc Creator GBP 20 (GBP 49)
JawsPDF Creator or Editor --> gDoc Fusion GBP 60 (GBP 99)

-Carol Haynes (May 24, 2009, 08:33 PM)

for the Creator upgrade you're paying 40% of full price
if you're upgrading from Jaws Editor you have to pay 60% of full price - that's an espacially costly upgrade.

I had bought the Jaws Creator within 30 days of the 'changeover' and got a free upgrade - unfortunately it didnt work via the website (I suspect I was the first in this situation who tried to upgrade via the website and there were teething problems) and it involved a lot of emailing over and back - they were very friendly and helpful which helped a lot - but if I had worked hard in the time I spent emailing over and back, I could have bought the upgrade *and* gone for a few pints - of course being realistic, I probably would have been rooting around here instead of working in that time

There is almost no reference to their Jaws customers in the new site - at a minimum I think a comparison of products would be helpful

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General Software Discussion / Re: Photo Scanner Software

« Last post by tomos on May 25, 2009, 08:05 AM »

My mum says she might have the negatives. That would save a heck lot of time!

-Coeluh (May 25, 2009, 03:39 AM)

have you got a software solution for that ??
I've never scanned negatives but imagine you'd need something fairly specialised ...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Jaws PDF products replaced by "gDoc" series

« Last post by tomos on May 24, 2009, 10:36 AM »

gDoc Fusion hardly rolls off the tongue, does it?! Lacks the cachet of Jaws PDF to my mind.

-Darwin (May 24, 2009, 09:40 AM)

to confuse things more they write the g like @  (bad designer, bad bad designer lol)

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Living Room / Re: "Check mail every ??? minutes"

« Last post by tomos on May 24, 2009, 07:24 AM »

nice to know I'm not alone in the 2-5 mins category
I have email client minimised to tray but no sound notification - otherwise I'd get nothing done ...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Jaws PDF products replaced by "gDoc" series

« Last post by tomos on May 24, 2009, 07:21 AM »

Jaws products are replaced by the new products - I've installed at this stage - the approach is emphasis on ease of use.

In fairness I shouldnt say too much more till I've tested it properly but I gotta say there's still at least a few bugs to be ironed out ...

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on May 23, 2009, 05:28 PM »

veering off-topic:
here was the view ON my window today



the colours have NOT been souped up - I could see it was really colourful but it's kind of shocking (in lots of ways) to see a close up like this ..

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred @ $99 ($100 discount) till 30 May 09

« Last post by tomos on May 23, 2009, 01:43 PM »

I had to extract the links from the email so if you find any of the links not working properly, please let me know.

The link is here :

http://www.digitalri.../sat5/ec_MAIN.Master

-patteo (May 22, 2009, 11:38 PM)

this one not working -

Digital River Web Server Error We're Sorry Please press back button to try again

-
took me a while to figure out Chris's mathematical take . .

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General Software Discussion / Jaws PDF products replaced by "gDoc" series

« Last post by tomos on May 22, 2009, 07:33 AM »

I bought Jaws PDF Creator and was going to write a review about it here.
I was impressed - it can handle graphics that others couldnt, creates incredibly small PDF files and claims to be capable of creating PDF's for press/publication.

So I went back to their website and in the intervening week they had released a completely new product called "gDoc Fusion" - this is a "new tool for creating, editing, assembling and merging different types of document" using PDF and XPS formats (is XPS popular?)
If you want to trial it or the creator you download the one exe (over 100MB) and if you purchase, depending on which product you purchase the key will unlock relevant aspects (I havent installed it yet so not 100% sure there)

Here's the page with the details - http://www.globalgra.../en/gdoc/gdoc-fusion
(they also have a product called "gDoc PDF Server")

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General Software Discussion / Re: MOGware's FileHamster (Complaint)

« Last post by tomos on May 22, 2009, 05:33 AM »

... It is a SQL Server-based software configuration management (SCM) tool with fully integrated version control, bug tracking and build automation.

-Catherine Sea (May 22, 2009, 05:17 AM)

could you please state your affiliation to said product (naturally you recommend it  - you're paid to)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: [IDEA] easily change last modified date to current date

« Last post by tomos on May 21, 2009, 05:42 PM »

well I converted it to exe (first time doing that), made a new 'button' in Dopus with the function:

[Select]

"insert exe path here" {filepath}

and . . hey presto - it works a treat just got to click the button while the file is selected

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Post New Requests Here / Re: [IDEA] easily change last modified date to current date

« Last post by tomos on May 21, 2009, 04:32 PM »

thanks fenix

as I say - if I have to 'send' the file to any programme, it works out quicker to actually open file in default programme and resave it.

thanks for the AHK script but same problem there I think - when I try to open it it says I have to specify filename - that means in the script I presume? or was it intended to be used another way?

It's quite possible DOpus can do this, I should check their forums ...

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Post New Requests Here / [IDEA] easily change last modified date to current date

« Last post by tomos on May 21, 2009, 08:04 AM »

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[IDEA] easily change last modified date to current date
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I want to be easily change the last modified date of a file to the current date/time * - without having to open it and resave it, i.e. I'm looking for a quicker way of doing this

on searching I see Online Tech Tips recommends a few programmes. Then this page tells me how to do it using a (paid) programme which allows me to do it via file > properties/date/etc.
All are a bit time consuming - it would probably be as easy for me to open and resave the file (the programmes from the fist link would be especially suitable if I wanted to batch change files - but I dont)

Implementation ideas:

• via context menu
• or AHK: with hotkey that would work on file currently selected in file manager (I use DOpus or XYplorer but if I had to I'd use Win. Exp.)

Use:
basically I'm working on files in sequence. These files are sorted by last modified date - so if I want to move a file up the list, the only way is to change the last mod.date (I cant mess with the filenames)


* I'd be very happy with simply changing to current date time - if I want to change it to another date/time I can use 'SetFileDate' programme which I got from the link above: but if some dc whiz programmer can do this too I wont complain

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 20-09

« Last post by tomos on May 18, 2009, 07:58 AM »

thanks Ethyar, sounds like you're enjoying Star Trek

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General Software Discussion / Re: If you ever pay for software in Euros...

« Last post by tomos on May 18, 2009, 12:18 AM »

bought JAWs pdf creator last week and unusually it was cheapest in English pounds - by around 30%!!

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by tomos on May 16, 2009, 02:08 AM »

5000 posts? Pftt!

Mouser just hit...

20 THOUSAND!
 (see attachment in previous post)
Congratulations, mouser. Keep 'em coming 

-Darwin (May 16, 2009, 12:55 AM)

CONGRATs mouser

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Living Room / Cheap Photo paper recommendations?

« Last post by tomos on May 15, 2009, 08:44 AM »

Can anyone recommend reasonably cheap but reasonable quality photo paper ?
Reasonable blacks, good colour balance, that sort of thing
The photos will remain in an album so light-fastness isnt a very important issue.
Was looking for something quick-drying, min. 240 gr weight, and A4 size. (Printer is a Canon)

I used to get my cheap paper from Conrad (German company) - @ circa 7euro for 25 x A4 pages (http://www1.conrad.de)  but it's gone to the dogs - they've made it adhesive on the back, problem being that the edges are all sticky, pages stick together, printer no like no more . .

BTW &
FWIW, for good quality paper I use
Ilford Pearl Paper (with a Canon printer as said above)

Ilford	pros
Smooth Pearl	Instant Dry
Classic Pearl	Very lightfast (but sensitive to moisture, including handling)