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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
I went to a NY Times web URL on my iOS device, which said:
"In order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash player here." So, I go to Firefox, in Linux, and I can see the static flash content: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/y...s-gallery.html Now I want to send that static flash content to my sister, who asked for it, since she was the one who sent me the URL asking if I could see it. So, I simply "print to PDF" on Linux, and, uh ... um... what do I get? Nothing. I get the text, but many pages of, um... .blank space. If I screenshot it, it's gonna be a half dozen screenshots that need to be stitched together into one looooong JPG. Is there a way to create a multi-page PDF or JPG of static flash content? |
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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
I can't see it because I don't have Flash, so I looked
at the code. Is it the simple diagram drawings you're after? If so, they're listed here as JPGs: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/package...in_feature.xml If you're doing screenshots then why can't you just send a number of them? It's an interesting question. I think one could create a multi-page ..doc in Libre Office and export it as a PDF. One could also create a simple HTML file to display all the images and send that. Ideally it would be in a folder, inside a ZIP file, but the recipient might not know how to deal with that, and AV software on the other end might block ZIPs. You could certainly create one giant JPG in a graphics editor and paste your screenshots onto it, but that's not a very usable format for viewing. "Jonathan Williams" wrote in message ... |I went to a NY Times web URL on my iOS device, which said: | "In order to view this feature, you must download the latest | version of flash player here." | | So, I go to Firefox, in Linux, and I can see the static flash content: | http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/y...s-gallery.html | | Now I want to send that static flash content to my sister, who asked for | it, since she was the one who sent me the URL asking if I could see it. | | So, I simply "print to PDF" on Linux, and, uh ... um... what do I get? | Nothing. I get the text, but many pages of, um... .blank space. | | If I screenshot it, it's gonna be a half dozen screenshots that need to | be stitched together into one looooong JPG. | | Is there a way to create a multi-page PDF or JPG of static flash content? |
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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
On 11/1/2014 6:49 AM, Jonathan Williams wrote:
I went to a NY Times web URL on my iOS device, which said: "In order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash player here." So, I go to Firefox, in Linux, and I can see the static flash content: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/y...s-gallery.html Now I want to send that static flash content to my sister, who asked for it, since she was the one who sent me the URL asking if I could see it. So, I simply "print to PDF" on Linux, and, uh ... um... what do I get? Nothing. I get the text, but many pages of, um... .blank space. If I screenshot it, it's gonna be a half dozen screenshots that need to be stitched together into one looooong JPG. Is there a way to create a multi-page PDF or JPG of static flash content? The "Screengrab (fix version) 0.98.02c" addon to Firefox [right-click context menu] select "Save - Complete page/frame" (aka Ctrl + Shift + !) creates a single PNG file that's 986x6474 for that NYTimes page and it should be viewable in any good image viewer noting you'll probably have to "magnify" the image and scroll vertically given the 6474 vertical pixel resolution. You should be able to simply select that Screengrab from within Firefox or you can get and install it he https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...b-fix-version/ That screengrab is really handy for documenting online banking and online purchases given a "print to PDF" seldom produces acceptable results. You could easily edit the created PNG using GIMP and slice it up and paste a "page" at a time into FreeOffice, OpenOffice or LibreOffice to create a PDF which might be more convenient for future viewing. FreeOffice is the better of the three and it's available he Parent commercial product: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftMaker_Office http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftMaker http://www.softmaker.com/english/of_en.htm http://www.softmaker.com/ Free version for Linux (note the manual pages are actually dated 2013 on their front covers and there's a new release coming soon): http://www.freeoffice.com/ * TextMaker 2012 manual, 563 pages, 3MB: http://www.softmaker.net/down/tm2012manual_en.pdf * PlanMaker 2012 manual, 687 pages, 2.9MB: http://www.softmaker.net/down/pm2012manual_en.pdf * Presentations 2012 manual, 315 pages, 2.5MB: http://www.softmaker.net/down/pr2012manual_en.pdf * BasicMaker 2012 manual, 335 pages, 1.7MB: http://www.softmaker.net/down/bm2012manual_en.pdf with a review of FreeOffice and a reply from one of its developers he https://forum.openoffice.org/en/foru...p?f=49&t=70496 Thad |
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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
On 2014-11-01, Mayayana wrote:
I can't see it because I don't have Flash, so I looked at the code. Is it the simple diagram drawings you're after? If so, they're listed here as JPGs: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/package...in_feature.xml If you're doing screenshots then why can't you just send a number of them? It's an interesting question. I think one could create a multi-page .doc in Libre Office and export it as a PDF. One Or just use pdfjoin. |
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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
On 2014-11-01 18:53:00 +0000, William Unruh said:
On 2014-11-01, Mayayana wrote: I can't see it because I don't have Flash, so I looked at the code. Is it the simple diagram drawings you're after? If so, they're listed here as JPGs: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/package...in_feature.xml If you're doing screenshots then why can't you just send a number of them? It's an interesting question. I think one could create a multi-page .doc in Libre Office and export it as a PDF. One Or just use pdfjoin. I have several solutions, but nothing for the folks using Linux. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_1002.jpg.pdf -- Regards, Savageduck |
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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
On Sat, 1 Nov 2014 18:53:00 +0000 (UTC), William Unruh commented:
I think one could create a multi-page .doc in Libre Office and export it as a PDF. One Or just use pdfjoin. Or pdftk (use the "cat" option, to concatenate umpteen 1-page PDFs into one umpteen-page one). HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp -- Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP. |
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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
In article , tlvp
wrote: I think one could create a multi-page .doc in Libre Office and export it as a PDF. One Or just use pdfjoin. Or pdftk (use the "cat" option, to concatenate umpteen 1-page PDFs into one umpteen-page one). HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp talk about overcomplicating things. |
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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
Mayayana wrote, on Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:15:16 -0400:
Is it the simple diagram drawings you're after? http://graphics8.nytimes.com/package...dia/TEMPLATES/ GridGallery/data/20100719_napkin_feature.xml Yes! Those are they! But, you see them there as *separate* but in the flash, they form a collage (in effect). If you're doing screenshots then why can't you just send a number of them? Two reasons: a. The sequence is *not* individual drawings, but a collage of individual drawings, and, b. The user has to piece together fifteen partial collages. It's an interesting question. I think one could create a multi-page .doc in Libre Office and export it as a PDF. Hmmm.... Does LibreOffice open up a web page URL? (Remember, in the URL given, they are presented as a collage of scores of napkins in rows and columns, not as individual napkins.) I brought up Libre Office Writer, and did a File Open and pasted in the URL containing the set of collages: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/y...s-gallery.html But, nothing happened. One could also create a simple HTML file to display all the images and send that. I didn't know that the images were separate, since what I see is flash of a collage of all the images, in rows and columns. You could certainly create one giant JPG in a graphics editor and paste your screenshots onto it, but that's not a very usable format for viewing. So far, I can't find *any* good method, yet. Why the page won't just PRINT to PDF is beyond me. That would be the preferred solution! |
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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
William Unruh wrote, on Sat, 01 Nov 2014 18:53:00 +0000:
Or just use pdfjoin. The problem is that the PDF is BLANK. I can create the PDF simply by pressing File Print. But the resulting PDF is uselessly blank. Why? Can *anyone* here print this page to PDF? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/y...s-gallery.html |
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How to create a multi-page JPG or PDF
tlvp wrote, on Sat, 01 Nov 2014 22:25:53 -0400:
Or pdftk (use the "cat" option, to concatenate umpteen 1-page PDFs into one umpteen-page one). HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp My mistake for not being clear. It's not the multipage that is the problem. It's that the PDF is, essentially, blank: Why? Can *anyone* print this to PDF and see the many images in the results? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/y...s-gallery.html |
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