Re: "Doing" datasheets

From: John Larkin (jjlarkin_at_highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com)
Date: 03/02/05 

Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:25:03 -0800

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:58:36 +0100, martin griffith
<martingriffithX@Xyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>I'm think of tidying up (my lack of) procedures in making data sheets
>and documentation.
>
>And again I'm a bit lost
>
>I lke the format that www.rane.com or Jim Williams's stuff on
>www.linear.com , ie text, PCB layout and schematics in the same PDF
>data***.
>
>How do I export/print to file diagrams from my Accel sch/pcb package.
>I can use a facility like pdf995 (printer look alike software) to
>produce a pdf file, that I can zoom into without loss of resolution.
>(the buzzword is Scalable Vector Graphics, according too google)
>
>I dont have micro$oft word, just wordpad and Open Office. OO is not
>exactly intuative, but can OO do this sort of thing? If so, how?
>Should I hire a typist? Do I have to blow the cobwebs off my
>creditcards? How many puns can John Woodgate find here?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>martin
>

OO, do I have a deal for you:

We use this...

http://www.print-driver.com/

It's a virtual printer driver that lets most any program output all
sorts of graphic files. GIFs seem to work best for us. The gif can be
pasted into any Word or WP or OO document. For Word, just find the gif
file name in its folder, right-click "copy", then go into your
document and right-click "paste"; that's a lot easier than the "insert
picture" nonsense. Use the "format picture" stuff to scale and rotate.

We also have the similar Adobe thing that captures to pdf images, but
we often have filesize or compatibility problems pasting that into
docs.

John

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