Archive for March 7th, 2000

Adobe Acrobat

Tuesday, March 7th, 2000

Hey there   [Lynn].

This website you mentioned I cannot access. It times out. It is apparently unavailable at the moment. Will try again later.

I am able to access it now. Must have been a temporary problem.

The form you want to get into Word is a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. I know of no way to convert PDF format into MS Word unfortunately.

However, you could buy Adobe Acrobat 4.0 for $295. That would give you the ability to edit PDF docs. without having to translate them into Word format Probably more than you wanted to spend though. :-)

So, do you sort these checks by number or by date or by some other technique? If she doesn’t write them in order, seems like sorting by date would be useful.

On your second question: You need to Uninstall ALL versions of Acrobat Reader from your PC. Then reboot your PC. Then, go to

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html  

and install the latest version (4.05 of the English version of the reader for Windows). This should clear up your error messages you get when opening PDF web sites. If not, let me know.

Well actually, the web site you’re accessing creates the PDF files. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is the software package installed on your PC, that enables you to view such files. The Acrobat reader does not create PDF files itself. It only reads them. :-)

Yep, the Dow down more than 350 points today. I definitely lost money too. Join the losers club. :-)

Tom

Figure Out Your Day

Tuesday, March 7th, 2000

Dear   [Lynn],

Hi sweetie. Glad you’re back.

Off to “figure out” your day, ‘eh? Well, I guess you already have it figured out – Land Trust. I’m sure you’d prefer Land Trust to Jewish Princess. :-)

Got your Land Trust mail yesterday. Will read through it when I get a few minutes.

Nice weather here today – going up to the mid 60s with blue, sunny skies all day. I went out for a walk last night and will likely do another after work this afternoon.

Later.

Tom