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Open the pdf document inside of photoshop. Copy the entire page, and create a new standard letter sized image inside of photoshop at 300dpi (default setting). Then paste in the new layer, and close the pdf. Then you can manipulate the image to fit. Draw down guidelines 1 inch from the top, 1 inch from the bottom, and a half inch on either side. Move the pieces of the pdf inside of that guideline box, and what you can't, move into a new document, within those same guidelines. Save it as a .jpg or .bmp.
Merge the layers down (control + shift + e if I recall correctly) then select the magic want selection tool. Select the white or blank area, then go up to "select" in the top menu, then "inverse select". Click "edit" up top, then fill with the foreground color which is black by default. Save this .jpg or .bmp (.gif works too for some reason). as filename-silhouette.jpg so you'll remember it.
Open the craft robo software, and create a new page. Click edit, registration mark settings, and make the registration mark settings .25 (it'll shrink the giant ones the new document starts with by default). Insert your image onto the page, then right click the page and select "position settings". Set the default position to 0,0 (the two position boxes are up top of that window that pops up). Now click the "get outline" button (a dashed rectangle in the upper right of the robo software) and select image; the filename-silhouette.jpg you made earlier that's just a solid fill. Click paste then exit, then print the image, paste it onto your carrier sheet, and cut away! Save your GSD when you're done. You can modify anything out there following these steps, as long as the peices will fit within those guidelines. Dividing up large peices can be a pain, but is manageable; you'll sometimes have to add extra tabs and remember to glue those sections back together later. Hope this helps!
Oh, also, when you're done, download cutepdf writer, and from the craft robo-software select "cute pdf writer" as your printer, and it will generate a very efficient PDF, complete with registration marks for others to use later.
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