Thanks Chris and David
It was to do with the "Style palette" on the main menu. It must have got
ticked at some point which I no longer remember! Now unticked and problem
solved. Many thanks.
David Rooke
From: Chris Johnson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:42:59 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [softwarelist] Re: Ovation Pro Styles on start-up
In article <577ad3a87edavid.rooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
David Rooke <david.rooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How can I stop the automatic display of the Styles window, both on
start-up and on loading a previously created Ovation file? Once the
Styles window has been closed all subsequent loadings (of either a
new or a previously created file) are clear of the offending window.
Are you referring to using the applet !StylePal? Here that puts an
icon in the main OPro iconbar - a 'palette' with an S on it. Clicking
on this toggles the Style palette visible or not. There is also the
menu option Applets-Style palette. This also toggles the
opening/closing of the style window. There is also a button? macro
(probably near the bottom of the list of macros) called stylepal.
If you are referring to the main 'Edit style' dialogue, accessed from
the main window menu option Style-Edit style, then I have no idea why
that should automatically open when loading a document.
--
Chris Johnson
Edinburgh
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Subject: [softwarelist] Re: !PDF Import - RISC OS
From: Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:11:22 GMT
On 23 Jan 2019 David Pilling <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Peter,
On 23/01/2019 13:06, Peter Young wrote:
Are you sure that's the right link? A lovely photo by David, but I can't
see anything about TransPDF.
https://www.davidpilling.com/cd/DavidPilling/Filters/transpdf.html
oops.
http://www.cheltglosntc.btck.co.uk/Contact%20us accessed from the
"download the form from here" link. The added bit is the "how did you hear
about us", and I think it looks pretty good.
Yes that does look good.
Thanks.
GhostScript does have the ability to export bitmaps - could be better,
could be worse.
Faced with the same problem I created a html form designed to be
printed. The advantage being that people could fill it in by typing
before printing it.
Hand writing is not always easy to read, and not everyone wants to write
by hand.
Here's my html form. ISTR html has code for specifying rendering size,
it's not just a web page.
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/membershipapplication.html
That's very fine.
I discovered recently that a relative was allowed to read his final
dissertation at Cambridge due to his bad handwriting.
How long ago was that? I seem to remember that when I was a medical
student at Cambridge all dissertations had to be typewritten.
Best wishes,
Peter.
--
Peter Young (zfc Au) and family
Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52, England
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [softwarelist] Re: Ovation Pro Styles on start-up
From: David Pilling <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:26:08 +0000
Hi Chris,
On 23/01/2019 14:42, Chris Johnson wrote:
Are you referring to using the applet !StylePal? Here that puts an
Better answer than mine.
--
David Pilling
www.davidpilling.com
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Subject: [softwarelist] Re: !PDF Import - RISC OS
From: David Pilling <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:29:12 +0000
Hi Peter,
On 23/01/2019 15:11, Peter Young wrote:
I discovered recently that a relative was allowed to read his finalHow long ago was that? I seem to remember that when I was a medical
dissertation at Cambridge due to his bad handwriting.
student at Cambridge all dissertations had to be typewritten.
Early 60's
This would be three year first degree, (guess) history. Not Ph D, where
typing theses was once small industry.
--
David Pilling
www.davidpilling.com
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From: "Richard Torrens (lists)" <Lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:49:22 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [softwarelist] Re: !PDF Import - RISC OS
In article <fcc5747e-8b84-003f-1dae-ec2b64202c6d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
David Pilling <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've had a look at my RISC OS computer and the web, I'm surprised that I
can't find this - I have memories of having produced something that used
GhostScript. Google is not what it used to be...
I stopped using Google! I now use
https://lite.qwant.com/
This idea can be useful, I've sometimes loaded PDF or PostScript this
way, but it's not wonderful, you have to have GhostScript, it has to
have enough memory and sometimes it will fail.
Fairy nuff!
--
Richard Torrens.
http://www.Torrens.org for genealogy, natural history, wild food, walks, cats
and more!
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Subject: [softwarelist] Re: !PDF Import - RISC OS
From: Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:37:43 GMT
On 23 Jan 2019 David Pilling <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Peter,
On 23/01/2019 15:11, Peter Young wrote:
I discovered recently that a relative was allowed to read his finalHow long ago was that? I seem to remember that when I was a medical
dissertation at Cambridge due to his bad handwriting.
student at Cambridge all dissertations had to be typewritten.
Early 60's
This would be three year first degree, (guess) history. Not Ph D, where
typing theses was once small industry.
I was late 50s, and medics didn't do dissertations for our degrees. I was
thinking more of postgrads.
Best wishes,
Peter.
--
Peter Young (zfc Au) and family
Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52, England
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:59:01 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [softwarelist] [Fwd: Re: !PDF Import - RISC OS]
From: "John Hurley" <johnhurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 23 Jan 2019 David Pilling <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Richard,
On 23/01/2019 10:47, Richard Torrens (lists) wrote:
I see there is a TransPDF for Windows.
Is there a version for RISC OS?
The web page for TransPDF tells you a lot:
[snip]
Peter Young responded:
FWIW I recently managed to edit a pdf file entirely within RISC OS, using
Snapper to produce a sprite of the file, loaded the sprite into an OPro
window, and added text in a frame. I then made a pdf from this, using
PrintPDF. The resulting file is on
http://www.cheltglosntc.btck.co.uk/Contact%20us accessed from the
"download the form from here" link. The added bit is the "how did you hear
about us", and I think it looks pretty good.
I have thought about writing this up either for Archive or for the WROCC
newsletter; do people think this might be of interest?
Best wishes,
Peter.
RISC OS still remains a fine tool for DTP and documents for the web. You
can do almost anything if you put your mind to how to do it. I have
extracted text from a pdf and edited it, edited pictorial material from
pdfs, and still produce sundry newsletters and documents to modern
standards using Ov Pro. Of course being essentially modular it does mean
locating all the bits of software one needs (and sometimes remembering how
to use them). I have just finished a glossy brochure to support a funding
bid by a charitable trust which involved work on a satellite view map by
essentially the same method that Peter describes.
John
Dr John Hurley
Research and project development for education
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From: "Richard Torrens (lists)" <Lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:04:59 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [softwarelist] Re: !PDF Import - RISC OS
Another tool I use is http://www.newocr.com/
You can't do a lot at a time but it works with NetSurf. The returned html
contains the text in <textarea
I have used this several times. Last one was a book from a typed carbon
copy into O-Pro:
http://www.Torrens.org/Books/DD/50years.html
The O-Pro original is also there.
