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Derek,
I have the Woodwork DVD and the issues ARE in *.pdf format on the DVD. You should be able to insert the DVD, navigate to the issue wanted and copy the *.pdf to your hard drive.
Maybe the DVD released in Australia is different, but I would be surprised if it was.
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Hi Mike
... then I suspect that my Mac is not reading the (windows?) DVD properly. I cannot see any collective PDF files, only .jpg (which are image files of the individual pages).
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You are not able to search .JPG files as they are just images or pictures.
Having worked with PDF files myself, it is as easy as send it to print but specify a PDF print device that sends the print to a PDF format. The Adobe Writer would be the best method. It is the only I know that can combine many PDF files into one. There are other utilities that will do the same. I use them to create digital copies of online receipts into a PDF format document.
It is as easy as click on the [Print] and send the output to the installed [PDF] driver. Microsoft has one that I got with MS-Office.
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03-17-2017, 07:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-17-2017, 07:36 PM by Derek Cohen.)
Late last night I worked out a method, which involves finding the jpg files, viewing them as a collection in Preview, and then printing as a pdf. It is the way I did them years ago. Super inefficient method. It works but sooo slow, and the reason I gave up after creating only a couple of years worth of mags for my iPad. Is there another, faster way?
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Derek
Woodtinker's response is what I would recommend.
So long as there is a "print" command available from whatever application (or even browser) in which you are viewing your document, you can choose to "print" to a pdf, rather than a physical printer (ie, a laser or inkjet device). Instead of a printed page, a pdf file is created in whatever directory you have specified.
Obviously, this requires that "print to PDF" is one of the options available within the print dialog box. It is, for example, a choice available from within the MS office programs.
It is also available from within some browsers.
If no such option is available within your print dialog box, you could always try this:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/...o-pdf.html
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My Woodwork DVD also has the issues in PDF format, but I am using a Windows machine to view (and simply copied the DVD to a micro SD card to use it.) I suppose there is a slim chance there are two formats on the disk, and using a PC to copy would give you what you want. Is your disk the entire 1989-2014 magazine run? If not, it's a different disk.
I just checked my disk on a Mac, and see the same PDF files, so yours must be different. My disk has a directory called "data", and within that directories named by year, and within those are the individual pdf files for each issue.
