Comments on: Need your assistance http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/ online and causing trouble since 1998 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:55:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Steve Buchheit http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45437 Steve Buchheit Thu, 31 May 2007 17:23:08 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45437 Um, okay, isn't Ragamuffin in RTF already (the files sure look it to me)? Do you mean turning the Ragamuffin RTF into PDF, and the Crystal Rain PDF into RTF? Um, okay, isn’t Ragamuffin in RTF already (the files sure look it to me)? Do you mean turning the Ragamuffin RTF into PDF, and the Crystal Rain PDF into RTF?

]]> By: Tobias Buckell http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45440 Tobias Buckell Thu, 31 May 2007 17:26:03 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45440 Ragamuffin is in PDF and I'm translating it chapter by chapter into RTF. I have the PDF I'm slowly translating, and I need someone to do it for me so that I can get on doing other stuff. Ragamuffin is in PDF and I’m translating it chapter by chapter into RTF. I have the PDF I’m slowly translating, and I need someone to do it for me so that I can get on doing other stuff.

]]> By: Greg http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45441 Greg Thu, 31 May 2007 17:30:35 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45441 Tobias, I've turned pdfs into txt files (in Win XP) using the "Save as Text" function in Adobe Reader. It is under File, beneath "Save a Copy" in the dropdown menu. Then you can use Word to turn it from .txt to .rtf. It might be different for book-length files, though. Tobias, I’ve turned pdfs into txt files (in Win XP) using the “Save as Text” function in Adobe Reader. It is under File, beneath “Save a Copy” in the dropdown menu. Then you can use Word to turn it from .txt to .rtf.

It might be different for book-length files, though.

]]> By: Tobias Buckell http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45443 Tobias Buckell Thu, 31 May 2007 17:34:31 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45443 I corrected the post: "yes, I know I've been posting Ragamuffin rtf files, and thank you for the tips on how to save as txt or rtf, I am aware of how to do this, but a lot of the formatting is lost so I have to go through and indent the text and make sure it all came out okay, as pdf to txt can by squirrelly. What I need is for someone to go through and copy/paste or save as from PDF to rtf, then make sure the line breaks and paragraph breaks and indents are in the right places and so on so that it's easily readable." I need someone to go through and clean it up after doing a save as, as it comes out oddly formatted at times. I corrected the post:

“yes, I know I’ve been posting Ragamuffin rtf files, and thank you for the tips on how to save as txt or rtf, I am aware of how to do this, but a lot of the formatting is lost so I have to go through and indent the text and make sure it all came out okay, as pdf to txt can by squirrelly.

What I need is for someone to go through and copy/paste or save as from PDF to rtf, then make sure the line breaks and paragraph breaks and indents are in the right places and so on so that it’s easily readable.”

I need someone to go through and clean it up after doing a save as, as it comes out oddly formatted at times.

]]> By: Greg http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45446 Greg Thu, 31 May 2007 17:43:08 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45446 Ahh...right...you aren't dumb. So my efforts in practicing converting the 9/11 Report to txt were a bit of waste...oh brother... Ahh…right…you aren’t dumb. So my efforts in practicing converting the 9/11 Report to txt were a bit of waste…oh brother…

]]> By: Greg http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45447 Greg Thu, 31 May 2007 17:48:30 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45447 For the record, the 9/11 Commission Report came out real well when saved as txt and converted to rtf. Everything seems to be in the right spot, at first scroll. I'd say you're doing enough of a service simply by posting it. If there's any problems, I'm sure some <strike>anal retentive</strike> enterprising reader would be happy to volunteer to fix it. For the record, the 9/11 Commission Report came out real well when saved as txt and converted to rtf. Everything seems to be in the right spot, at first scroll.

I’d say you’re doing enough of a service simply by posting it. If there’s any problems, I’m sure some anal retentive enterprising reader would be happy to volunteer to fix it.

]]> By: Greg http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45451 Greg Thu, 31 May 2007 17:52:19 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45451 Also, for the record, turns out that bin Laden was actually Leland Palmer. Guess nobody bothered to read the whole thing... Also, for the record, turns out that bin Laden was actually Leland Palmer. Guess nobody bothered to read the whole thing…

]]> By: tobias s buckell http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45457 tobias s buckell Thu, 31 May 2007 18:00:38 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45457 Greg :-) try doing it with http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/sampler/crystalrain-firstthird.pdf and kick it out to me. If all the formatting is in place all I'd have to do is just post that version you sent me, and you'll gain yourself a free book and AMZN gift certificate :-) Greg :-) try doing it with http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/sampler/crystalrain-firstthird.pdf and kick it out to me. If all the formatting is in place all I’d have to do is just post that version you sent me, and you’ll gain yourself a free book and AMZN gift certificate :-)

]]> By: Greg http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45472 Greg Thu, 31 May 2007 18:31:19 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45472 I didn't say I was volunteering. :) There's a lotta dialogue in that book... I didn’t say I was volunteering. :) There’s a lotta dialogue in that book…

]]> By: Ryan http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45497 Ryan Thu, 31 May 2007 20:12:36 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45497 Does this look like what you're looking for? http://corknut.org/misc/crystalrainfirstthird.rtf Does this look like what you’re looking for?

http://corknut.org/misc/crystalrainfirstthird.rtf

]]> By: Greg http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45498 Greg Thu, 31 May 2007 20:17:40 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45498 Ryan beat me to it. Probably better, too: http://www.lstr.net/crystalrain-firstthird.rtf Ryan beat me to it. Probably better, too: http://www.lstr.net/crystalrain-firstthird.rtf

]]> By: Greg http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45499 Greg Thu, 31 May 2007 20:19:42 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45499 And he only beat me by five minutes. I should really stop flapping my gums around here! No worries, the time spent was in protest of my HR department. And he only beat me by five minutes. I should really stop flapping my gums around here!

No worries, the time spent was in protest of my HR department.

]]> By: tobias s buckell http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45500 tobias s buckell Thu, 31 May 2007 20:20:55 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45500 Ryan, that formats okay, Greg, yours is roughly what I can get on my own, but I have to sit there and indent each and every line. If I could get what Ryan posted but with the text hiccups in it formatted out, that's what I would be looking for. You willing to smooth that out Ryan? It's pretty close to what I need. Ryan, that formats okay, Greg, yours is roughly what I can get on my own, but I have to sit there and indent each and every line. If I could get what Ryan posted but with the text hiccups in it formatted out, that’s what I would be looking for.

You willing to smooth that out Ryan? It’s pretty close to what I need.

]]> By: Greg http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45504 Greg Thu, 31 May 2007 20:33:49 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45504 Ack, I've been beat. If it is just the indenting, that's been fixed. I didn't italicize the italicizables, however. Ack, I’ve been beat. If it is just the indenting, that’s been fixed. I didn’t italicize the italicizables, however.

]]> By: Greg http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45506 Greg Thu, 31 May 2007 20:39:01 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45506 And I'm not whining for a gift certif. I do notice, however, that you'll be in Ship'burg later this month. Let me know if you ever get to do a signing in Philly. Mebbe you can get PSFS to hook you up with a signing spot. And I’m not whining for a gift certif. I do notice, however, that you’ll be in Ship’burg later this month. Let me know if you ever get to do a signing in Philly. Mebbe you can get PSFS to hook you up with a signing spot.

]]> By: Wyman Cooke http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45523 Wyman Cooke Thu, 31 May 2007 21:48:06 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45523 I have a friend, Joe Buckley, who collects snippets with the author's permission and presents them in HTML format on his web site The Fifth Imperium. Everyone from David Weber to S.M.Stirling is represented there. I've considered mentioning this before, but I didn't know if the idea would interest you. I have a friend, Joe Buckley, who collects snippets with the author’s permission and presents them in HTML format on his web site The Fifth Imperium. Everyone from David Weber to S.M.Stirling is represented there. I’ve considered mentioning this before, but I didn’t know if the idea would interest you.

]]> By: Tobias Buckell http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45525 Tobias Buckell Thu, 31 May 2007 22:01:08 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45525 Hey Wyman, tell him he can excerpt anything from www.tobiasbuckell.com/crystalrain or www.tobiasbuckell.com/ragamuffin if he'd like! Greg, that looks solid and I don't see any formatting issues. Give me a second to look over it and either you or Ryan will will win. Hey Wyman, tell him he can excerpt anything from www.tobiasbuckell.com/crystalrain or www.tobiasbuckell.com/ragamuffin if he’d like!

Greg, that looks solid and I don’t see any formatting issues. Give me a second to look over it and either you or Ryan will will win.

]]> By: Wyman Cooke http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45534 Wyman Cooke Thu, 31 May 2007 22:48:58 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45534 Will do. Will do.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45551 Ryan Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:40:29 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45551 FWIW, I updated my version and removed all the inconsistencies I could spot. FWIW, I updated my version and removed all the inconsistencies I could spot.

]]> By: Tobias Buckell http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45765 Tobias Buckell Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:35:43 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/05/31/need-your-assistance/#comment-45765 rockin rockin

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