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How many RPG PDF's on your hard drive?

Started by P&P, March 02, 2006, 08:08:28 AM

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Megamieuwsel

#90
March 21, 2006, 02:31:42 PM
I just cleaned out the whole bunch of them , save for "Buy the Numbers" , which I have yet to convert to a more sensible format.
I really *HATE* PDF.....

Knightcrawler

#91
March 21, 2006, 02:32:52 PM
Quote from: MegamieuwselI just cleaned out the whole bunch of them , save for "Buy the Numbers" , which I have yet to convert to a more sensible format.
I really *HATE* PDF.....

What format would you put them in?  I like pdf because everyone can read them even the sorry, sorry mac people.
Knightcrawler

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Megamieuwsel

#92
March 21, 2006, 02:33:48 PM
Quote from: KnightcrawlerWhat format would you put them in?  I like pdf because everyone can read them even the sorry, sorry mac people.
HTML ; EVERY browser can read that. No need for extra progs.

Knightcrawler

#93
March 21, 2006, 02:35:46 PM
Quote from: MegamieuwselHTML ; EVERY browser can read that. No need for extra progs.

Ah, can't argee with that.  :D
Knightcrawler

"I Am Become Death, Destroyer Of Worlds"

Megamieuwsel

#94
March 21, 2006, 02:36:15 PM
Quote from: KnightcrawlerAh, can't argee with that.  :D
Thought so..... ;)

Knightcrawler

#95
March 21, 2006, 02:44:16 PM
What are you using to make the transfer over to HTML?  Does it change the file that much size wise and are there problems with keeping things formatted and readable.
Knightcrawler

"I Am Become Death, Destroyer Of Worlds"

CleanCutRogue

#96
March 21, 2006, 11:51:59 PM
I started with freebies.

That's all I really wanted... honest.

Then I modified my morality to include the idea that - if I already own the paper version - it's okay to *obtain* one on the 'net.  A back-up.  A portable version since I travel constantly.

Yeah.

Today I have 1,664 PDF files.  I've not even opened most.  It's an addiction and I now feel guilty.

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Knightcrawler

#97
March 21, 2006, 11:56:11 PM
Nothing wrong with having a pdf of something you own in print.  Thats what 90% mine consist of.  And I don't see any morality problem with it.  I paid them once, I'm not going to pay them twice.  And then there's the ones that have no pdf of them.  

If you deleted them all then your an idiot.
Knightcrawler

"I Am Become Death, Destroyer Of Worlds"

Megamieuwsel

#98
March 22, 2006, 04:35:41 PM
Quote from: KnightcrawlerWhat are you using to make the transfer over to HTML?  Does it change the file that much size wise and are there problems with keeping things formatted and readable.
I wish I knew of a way:
So far , I just got rid of all those pesky PDFs , I wasn't using anyway.
The only one , I'm interested in(and legally bought by proxy of the It's Man , to whom I still owe the money(Or a six-pack of local brew...)) is "Buy the numbers".
I'm still looking for a way to import it into OpenOffice , then export it as HTML.
Bugger is : OO can export as PDF , but cannot read PDFs.....
At least not as it is installed on my system. I may be overlooking some plugin. Need to look into it a bit more.

Nightfang

#99
March 22, 2006, 10:08:05 PM
Quote from: KnightcrawlerI have the Nethril: Empire Magic Supplement but I never remember a boxed set.  And I have pretty much everything for FR that they ever put out in 2E.  I don't ever remember seeing anything about a boxed set for Nethril.

My bad, I was confused with something else.
 

Chacal

#100
March 23, 2006, 07:01:59 AM
Did you try these for converting PDF to HTML ?

This converter is free but displays a sponsor page.
http://www.pdf995.com/download.html

http://www.pdfpdf.com/pdfconverter.html

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=45839

I'll have a try when I could.

Chacal
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Dacke

#101
March 23, 2006, 11:37:05 AM
Didn't look at the first one yet.

The second one didn't work with files with columns, which is a pretty big disadvantage (or rather, it read the columns wrong so you get Line1Col1, Line1Col2, Line2Col1, Line2Col2 instead of Line1Col1, Line2Col1, Line1Col2, Line2Col2). It also doesn't work with PDFs that are just scanned (which I assume is right for all of them).

The third didn't have a proper GUI easily available. There was a link to one, but that site was broken and didn't allow me to download.

But thanks for trying anyway :)
 

Knightsky

#102
March 28, 2006, 05:10:58 PM
If you don't count adventures, supplements, and fast-play/demo versions, about 30.

If you do count the above-listed, about 450.
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hexgrid

#103
April 01, 2006, 09:25:53 PM
About 7 1/2 inches, last I checked.
 

BOZ

#104
April 02, 2006, 07:40:22 PM
Quote from: hexgridAbout 7 1/2 inches, last I checked.

heh heh heh... hard drive...
don't quote me on that.  :)

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