Hi All
Most of our bulletins are on CD's going back about 8
years (Since
"perfect bind"). There may be problems with obsolete
publishing
programs( IN-DESIGN). Erica is using QUARK-6??. -or
some different
version of Quark for 5 years. I have no idea how
compatible these are
for current recycling. I suspect that text files
will be easier to
salvage than "flattened" picture files. We used ZIP
discs for a short
time before CD's and we have a ZIP drive on the AIS
computer mainly to
deal with advertizers.
I will ask the question of Scott and Erica.
Terry
Loberg wrote:
Just curious, are many of the past AIS bulletins
stored in electronic
format, or have they been generated into a .pdf
format?
My local town paper has recently started to
publish their entire paper
on their web page, in .pdf format, in color, at no
cost to viewers. I
cancelled my subscription, it sure is nice to not
have all the
newspaper around the house and bothering to
recycle. I can read the
paper on line, and print any page of interest.
Some of the issues
are a bit long to download, even with high speed
internet, however, I
can store any issue if I wish. How many of you
can get their
newspapers entirely on line?
More and more publications are going this route.
I don't know how
many people would want the AIS bulletin in .pdf
format, as I want to
keep getting the hard copy in my house, as I have
kept all issues as
far back as I have received them. But it sure
would be nice to be
able to go on line and view any issue I wanted;
searching should be
faster.
To have this service as a low cost, add on
service, or an additional
e-membership service, isn't a bad idea. I think
there is a whole lot
in the future that we'll be seeing on line.
Kitty Loberg
Calif.