(j3.2006) documents and votes (tempest in a teapot)

[Bill Long]

Well, the solution to Van?s problem seems like something we could use in general.

WORD is able to save the document as a PDF file.  (Select ?print? and then choose the save-as-pdf option.)

Then we fall back on the usual way we handle PDF files.

Cheers,
Bill


On Feb 7, 2017, at 2:52 PM, Dan Nagle <danlnagle at me.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks, Ian.
> 
> I think it's not quite fair to designate you our lead doc-fiddler.
> (tempting as that is ;-)
> I've been alerted that this will continue indefinitely.
> I feel I can't confidently bound the numbers.
> 
> So I'm seeking a long-term solution acceptable to all concerned.
> 
> Some combination of txt + whatever + pdf sounds workable.
> There are some other items that make a Monday AM discussion attractive.
> The conversation may be more free ranging than email.
> 
> This is intended to be an alert that a discussion should occur.
> We'll still try to recess to subgroup by 0930 or so.  :-)
> 
>> On Feb 7, 2017, at 12:50 , Ian Chivers <ian.chivers at CHIVERSANDBRYAN.CO.UK> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a number of tools to help with document handling
>> On both Windows and Linux platforms that I use in setting Fortran Forum.
>> 
>> I have to deal with a wide variety of document and image formats.
>> 
>> If someone makes available the docx files I'll see what I can do.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: j3-bounces at mailman.j3-fortran.org
>> [mailto:j3-bounces at mailman.j3-fortran.org] On Behalf Of Van Snyder
>> Sent: 07 February 2017 19:12
>> To: j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org
>> Subject: Re: (j3.2006) documents and votes (tempest in a teapot)
>> 
>> On Tue, 2017-02-07 at 11:26 -0700, Dan Nagle wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I have a ballot, in docx format, that ustag must vote at 212.
>>> Debbie has approved the wording and wants it to be a numbered meeting 
>>> document.
>> 
>> I don't have any Windows computers.  My LibreOffice has trouble with docx
>> files, frequently spraying characters in random fonts and sizes all over my
>> screen.  If it can't be converted to text, at least try to convert it to
>> pdf.  I think there's an "export as pdf" button in Word (but I don't know
>> for sure).
>> 
>>> The document has so many "formatting features" that export to txt is 
>>> pointless.  I can likely make something readable, but it's a one-off 
>>> copy-paste-intensive operation.
>>> 
>>> Do we wish to forego our "txt only" rule for meeting documents?
>>> Only for INCITS documents?  With some other criteria?  (see 16-013)
>>> 
>>> I don't see that we must decide this before 212, but I must return the 
>>> document with votes per organization recorded and a paper number.
>>> So I must know the paper number when I return it, directly following 
>>> the meeting.
>>> 
>>> The committee's pleasure?
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Cheers!
>>> Dan Nagle
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> Cheers!
> Dan Nagle
> 
> 
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