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Living Room / [sorted] how to save/convert image to one with transparency for word doc ?

« Last post by tomos on October 03, 2008, 10:41 AM »

I have tiff black & white images (no greyscale, just B/W) - I want to create files with transparent backgrounds (i.e. get rid of white)
I then want to place these in Word Processor file (I'm actually using Textmaker but word doc format)

I've tried using Gimp 2.2 -
it produces images that distort in word file when transparent - I tried GIF & PNG
Also have an old copy of Photoshop (5.5) which was unsuccessful too

What I do is to put them into a text or picture frame in Textmaker & they fill the frame - i.e. lose proportion or whatever you call it
This doesnt happen when saved without transparency ... hopefully it's not just a problem with Textmaker ...

is there another format I could use or a different programme/converter
I have to do about 20 images so can do them manually just so long as it holds ratio in wordprocessor

TIA    Tom

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General Software Discussion / Re: File synchronization: moving away from incremental backup (HELP!)

« Last post by tomos on October 03, 2008, 09:35 AM »

For file synchronization [link removed] i use <removed> - simple and effective. Very recommend

-Cleaner007 (October 02, 2008, 12:59 PM)

Cleaner007 are you affiliated with Moleskin Software?
- all your four posts are promoting products from that company

It's not a problem if you are - just that you're supposed to say it.
This place is full of people who write software & recommend it - you'd actually come across a lot better if you were affiliated (and stated that) - now your posts just look like spam and have a high chance of being removed

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Living Room / Re: I can haz LOLMouser plz?

« Last post by tomos on October 03, 2008, 09:24 AM »

so what is it about tofu and .. crabs ...
or
do I have to

*cough*come-to-the-irc-channel-to-learn-all-our-inside-jokes*cough*

-Ehtyar (October 03, 2008, 06:36 AM)

I'll make up a questionaire and go on monday!

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Living Room / Re: The Weeklies: 40

« Last post by tomos on October 02, 2008, 02:47 PM »

So I guess, by default, numbers are the poor man's¹ method.

1 - Disclaimer: Not implying the Ehtyar is any way, shape or form poor - just that given a choice, he chose the poor one..........errrrr........that didn't come out right.........oh crap, I'm in the same country.........quick! HIDE!
Disclaimer: Brain numb........04:12 in the morning.........can't think of anything..........ignore me......................please.

-4wd (October 02, 2008, 01:13 PM)

hey, 4wd, you're pretty good at the numbers thing yourself

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General Software Discussion / Re: Strategies for international travellers regarding new US Customs seizure policy

« Last post by tomos on October 01, 2008, 01:52 PM »

give them a message (probably get you even more attention though!)

One of my favorite artists, Evan Roth, is working on a project that will be released soon - the pictures say it all, it's a "carry on" communication system. These metal places contain messages which will appear when they are X-Rayed.

via this boingboing post

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Official Announcements / Re: September 2008 Giveaway Results

« Last post by tomos on September 30, 2008, 02:00 PM »

congrats to all & as ever a BIG thanks to Carl !!

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Living Room / Re: I can haz LOLMouser plz?

« Last post by tomos on September 30, 2008, 01:57 PM »

Haha app! I was trying to think of a caption for this image yesterday but just couldn't come up with anything good. Now it's so obvious!
 (see attachment in previous post)

-Deozaan (September 30, 2008, 01:46 PM)

jeez Deo,
I was just going to go eat my dinner

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Living Room / Re: The Weeklies: 40

« Last post by tomos on September 30, 2008, 01:03 PM »

Thank you going through the trouble of compiling the news :-)

-housetier (September 30, 2008, 07:16 AM)

yes, thanks a lot Ethyar !!
I'm much more informed since you started as I dont read news elsewhere

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Living Room / Re: I can haz LOLMouser plz?

« Last post by tomos on September 30, 2008, 01:02 PM »

"EEEEEHHWWWOOOTAAAAY"

I need a translater there for that one

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Living Room / Re: Small World: Check out these Images of the Microscopic World

« Last post by tomos on September 29, 2008, 05:24 PM »

they're currently having 2008 competition -
you can vote for the "Popular favourite if you want
http://www.nikonsmal...nch.php?showall=true

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: InstantBoss - For those of us which require motivation to work

« Last post by tomos on September 29, 2008, 07:53 AM »

App's site:
http://www.appsapps.info/instantboss.php
there you go

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Living Room / Re: DC get together in Western Europe?! July 2007?

« Last post by tomos on September 29, 2008, 02:57 AM »

Well, now this looks more obvious than before... even we are bit outnumbered here in northern europe (compared to western europe), we need some DC gathering too. Helsinki/Stockholm/Copenhagen... something like this should do the trick... I think I should start to think about this one.

-simakuutio (September 28, 2008, 01:01 PM)

simakuutio, have you seen the thread
Get-togehter: Scandinavia / Denmark

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Living Room / Re: How many countries represented here on DC ?

« Last post by tomos on September 26, 2008, 04:34 PM »

I just can't place my pin on map - nothing happens!

-CleverCat (September 26, 2008, 09:17 AM)

I had that problem too initially - cant remember did I have to drag the pin from the edge or the middle -
experiment

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Living Room / Re: I can haz LOLMouser plz?

« Last post by tomos on September 26, 2008, 04:32 PM »

I guess I'm a lil slow, took me like 2 minutes to get the fun razor joke

-wreckedcarzz (September 25, 2008, 10:02 PM)

I had to explain it to mouser before he got it. So I guess you're one of the other two cats who "getz it 2."

-Deozaan (September 26, 2008, 03:24 PM)

took me a while too but when I said it out loud (and slurred everything together ) it clicked

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General Software Discussion / Re: Damn it, why don't I ever learn. Anyone else having this problem with Firefox 3?

« Last post by tomos on September 26, 2008, 02:58 PM »

if you make a new profile are you able to add extensions?
you could add them one at a time then ... if you think it's worth it

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dropbox - Offering paid plan now

« Last post by tomos on September 26, 2008, 02:53 PM »

the 10$ for 40 or 50GB seems to be a standard almost - there's probably so much demand at the moment there's not much incentive yet for them or others to offer something in between ... unfortunately

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Desktop Bring to front

« Last post by tomos on September 25, 2008, 03:51 AM »

works here too 

it shows up in AltTab as well but when I AltTab to it nothing happens -
not sure is something meant to happen - I used have a small programme on win98 (but not that long ago) where you could alttab to it - was possibly ahk too - it was especially helpful with win98 cause no Win key there

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2007 / Re: New Getting Organized Experiment?

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2008, 09:06 AM »

got a love-hate thing going here with getting organised
I'll give it a go ...

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: The Superior Software List

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2008, 04:03 AM »

love the MLO text:

This is a very useful program for you busybodies out there. I’m not very busy myself, but I pretend to be with this program.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: The Superior Software List

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2008, 02:42 AM »

looking forward to this superboyac!

is the list going to be sorted in some way ? (alphabetical/other?)
or grouped for that matter ?

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Living Room / Re: What Sports Do You Participate In?

« Last post by tomos on September 23, 2008, 05:45 AM »

What's the definition of sports? Isn't boules a game and cycling an activity? Phil is 

-PhilB66 (September 22, 2008, 06:14 PM)

that's why I was saying "unsporty" for Boules
have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport
Cycling definitely qualifies, me, I was thinking along the lines of competitive, physical & skillful - I guess even Chess qualify there though!

anyways getting a bit off-topic as VideoInPicture says:

... I'm more geared towards hearing about participation in the "pure" sports. ie: things that get your heart rate up for sustained periods of time or spike your heart rate to it's max like in sprints

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Living Room / Re: How to avoid going broke on Red Bull or Jolt Cola

« Last post by tomos on September 23, 2008, 03:07 AM »

brief discussion of what type of tea at Re: What's Your Favorite Productivity or Programming Supplement? (poll top of the page as well!)

These days, I seem to usually end up drinking black teas that dont go with milk - a good Earl Grey or Darjeeling, and lately some Russian tea (Nori??) - unfortunately it's finished & the box is thrown out so not sure what it was, but they seem to have similar style teas to english teas/blends in the Russian supermarkets here.

I was in Portugal a couple of years ago and they have really nice black teas there too - mild, no bitterness

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Living Room / Re: How to avoid going broke on Red Bull or Jolt Cola

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2008, 05:29 PM »

In Turkish Doner (Kebab) take-aways here they often have a samover with black tea / hot water
In one place I got a very interesting combination of black tea made with sage leaves as well - I liked it

BTW: Assuming it IS true - how much does a pony sweat anyway?

-40hz (September 22, 2008, 03:12 PM)

or

how sick is a dog
how stupid is a donkey
or a camel for that matter
etc

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Living Room / Re: What Sports Do You Participate In?

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2008, 05:17 PM »

I started playing Boules early this summer -
very unsporty maybe but if you love trying to throw things into the bin from a distance you'd love it too

It's a nice excuse to be outside for hours at an end too
Played in my first tournament lately & came last but got a very nice consolation prize. So, I mightnt get into it too competitively, but, it is a good feeling if you throw a 700 gram (1&1/2 lb) ball ten yards and hit exactly the ball you wanted to and send it flying ... just need to make that happen more often 

Apart from that I like walking in the woods or wherever, cycling too but neither really as a "sport" - just enjoy them when I do them ...

I'm an avid bicycle racer on the road. What sports are people around here involved in?

-VideoInPicture (September 22, 2008, 03:49 PM)

When you say a racer - do you mean sprinting / long distance / mountains or a bit of all ?

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Living Room / Re: How to avoid going broke on Red Bull or Jolt Cola

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2008, 09:08 AM »

very informative!

at time's I wondered though ...

Adding milk to the tea is actually an English custom. Nevertheless, it's fine as long as you don't mind sweating like a pony

- as a tea with milk drinker I dont find it any sweatier than without followed by

Smokers tend to like it for its detoxicating effect; tea with milk cancels the weariness caused by tobacco.

Things I've discovered relatively recently about tea:
if you brew it for less than 4 minutes - it has a very strong pickup effect
if you brew it for more than 4 minutes - if it's very srtong it'll get your heart going all right but it definitely doesnt have the same get up and go effect

Loved the Troubleshooting Section