2008-08-13

deathpixie: (grumpy)
2008-08-13 11:51 am
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URGENT tech help needed.

I have a .pdf document that's needed to be printed, but the problem is the original text is so tiny, you can only see it clearly when you zoom to 200% and the printout is illegible. Short of transferring by hand into an Excel spreadsheet (please say no, since that's going to take forever), is there any way I can manipulate 11 pages of document so you can read the bloody thing?

We need it very urgently, so if you're online and have an idea, let's hear 'em. Also, our copy of Adobe is version 6, I believe, so I'm short a lot of the usual editing stuffies.
deathpixie: (grease in the wheels of justice)
2008-08-13 08:08 pm
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Ow.

So, that .pdf I asked about earlier? I wound up having to switch it to an Excel spreadsheet, which means copying and pasting into Word, using find/replace to do as much of the reformatting as possible, doing the rest by hand, converting text into table several times until I get it right, then copying and pasting it into the spreadsheet. It means I spent from my last post - nearly 12 p.m. - until 6:30 p.m. working on it, without stopping for lunch or anything else, for that matter. I've got two and a bit pages left to go, but once I get it done tomorrow morning, I will be proclaimed as a god of assistants. ;)

Of course, it means I've had no chance to answer any kind of email, and thus XP was busy. I'm in catch-up mode now. Gah. My roomie is also a saint - dinner was on the table waiting for me when I got in.
deathpixie: (sushi)
2008-08-13 09:09 pm
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Meme: Very Good Food

Grabbed from a bunch of people. And before anyone brings up the vegetarian-ness, 1) I wasn't always a veggie and 2) I'm working on training myself back onto meat. I actually ate chicken on Sunday and didn't die!

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Italacise the items you really must get around to eating
5) Optional extra: Post a comment on Very Good Taste linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred )

50/100 Not bad for a reforming vego...