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abilouiseI swear that my printer is saying "Hasbro, Hasbro, Hasbro" with every stroke of its little ink cartridge. It is entirely possible that I am up way too late, but I had several software-related moments of light and beauty.
Moment 1: I learned that in Adobe Reader you can, in a limited way, copy text and images and paste them into programs where you can edit them!
This was sheer amazement on my part. I alway thought that acrobat files were written in stone for those of us who don't pay money for (or otherwise have access to)Adobe Acrobat proper. But no! I can dig into the really nice pregnancy massage brochure that a graphic artist made me that still needed small changes but then her computer crashed and I crashed with indecision as to how I wanted things different. But lo! I can pop it into Microsoft Publisher and twiddle to my heart's content! This was the really big moment, and I wouldn't still be up if it weren't for it.
Moment 2: I learned how to format text in Microsoft Publisher so that you can see the pretty background through it.
I am amazed that it took me this long to figure that out, but I hate talking to the damn paperclip. All my friends will hate me, but I'll be honest and say that the paperclip is growing on me. Very occasionally he has answers to my questions and is smart enough to understand what I'm trying to say that he presents me with the right answer.
The end result is that I have 3 printed copies of the brochure that are way better than they were before. I'm not totally happy with them, but the writing sounds more like me in some places and less dry and bossy. Anyone who wants a copy sent to them for perusal I am happy to give you one. But no more male scientist/engineer-types who will read it like it is a scientific article. Sorry. You are all my friends, but sadly you are not my target market. Also, your demographic has spoken already (hence I cite the research I use to make my claims, which no other massage therapist I know does.)
Moment 1: I learned that in Adobe Reader you can, in a limited way, copy text and images and paste them into programs where you can edit them!
This was sheer amazement on my part. I alway thought that acrobat files were written in stone for those of us who don't pay money for (or otherwise have access to)Adobe Acrobat proper. But no! I can dig into the really nice pregnancy massage brochure that a graphic artist made me that still needed small changes but then her computer crashed and I crashed with indecision as to how I wanted things different. But lo! I can pop it into Microsoft Publisher and twiddle to my heart's content! This was the really big moment, and I wouldn't still be up if it weren't for it.
Moment 2: I learned how to format text in Microsoft Publisher so that you can see the pretty background through it.
I am amazed that it took me this long to figure that out, but I hate talking to the damn paperclip. All my friends will hate me, but I'll be honest and say that the paperclip is growing on me. Very occasionally he has answers to my questions and is smart enough to understand what I'm trying to say that he presents me with the right answer.
The end result is that I have 3 printed copies of the brochure that are way better than they were before. I'm not totally happy with them, but the writing sounds more like me in some places and less dry and bossy. Anyone who wants a copy sent to them for perusal I am happy to give you one. But no more male scientist/engineer-types who will read it like it is a scientific article. Sorry. You are all my friends, but sadly you are not my target market. Also, your demographic has spoken already (hence I cite the research I use to make my claims, which no other massage therapist I know does.)
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Date: 19 Jan 2006 15:07 (UTC)