SignText can now print to PDF
K.J. Boal
kjoanne403 at HOTMAIL.COM
Fri Sep 1 08:22:55 UTC 2006
I've been playing with this for over an hour. I love it! Great job, Steve!
Kelly Jo
>From: "Steve Slevinski" <slevin at signpuddle.net>
>Reply-To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>Subject: [sw-l] SignText can now print to PDF
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:48:31 -0400
>
>Hi List,
>
>I have a great new feature ready for SignText: Print to PDF. This feature
>will only work online.
>
>PDF
><http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/SignText/options.html?list=01-01-001-01-01-01%2C80%2C149%2Csign-1%2C0#>
>
>
>This icon appears on the option screen, directly under the SignMail icon.
>If you are using a previously downloaded copy of SignText, you will not see
>this icon. You can either press the Display Icon to go to the online
>version or you can download SignText again.
>
>
>The Print to PDF page has many options.
>
>
>Document Name
>---------------------
>This is the name of the PDF file itself.
>
>
>Page Format
>----------------
>This determines the size of the PDF pages: A3, A4, A5, US Letter, US
>Legal. A4 is the most common format world wide.
>
>
>Page Layout
>----------------
>Landscape or Portrait
>
>
>Sign Size
>------------
>Normal or small sized symbols are used. The small size can fit more on a
>page, but I'm still working on the quality and transparency issues.
>
>
>Colorize
>-----------
>The default is black and white. If you select colorize, the signs will be
>displayed in the standard colors.
>
>
>Column Lines & Horizontal Lines
>-------------------------------------------
>These options will draw a box around each column of sign text.
>
>
>Lane Offset
>---------------
>The lane offset determines how far the left and right lanes are offset from
>the center lane.
>
>
>Column Padding
>---------------------
>The column padding puts space around each column of sign text.
>
>
>Sign Spacing
>-----------------
>The sign spacing determines how much space to put between each sign in the
>columns.
>
>
>When in doubt, experiment. Have fun!
>-Steve
>
>
>PS - SWML for Power Users
>--------------------------------------
>At the bottom of the page, you'll see a section of SWML. Regular users can
>ignore this.
>
>
>The print to PDF page creates PDFs from SWML, so if you change the SWML on
>the page you'll change the PDF. There are many possibilities. The most
>common action will probably be to combine multiple SignText documents.
>
><< SignText.pdf >>
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