build thread pdf?

[-Jim G]

How can one convert a build thread into a pdf to keep for posterity. In particular, I would like to capture the "How to get a little Beaver" thread as a pdf so I can include it as a tutorial with the model.

[Lex]

Cut/paste perhaps...?

[John Bowden]

-Jim,

I was going to give this a try, my thoughts were just doing screen prints, saving as JPGs, editing them in photoshop, and then combining them into one PDF................

If this is another way, I hope someone will tell us.

john

[rickstef]

depending on the version of acrobat or the feature list of the pdf programs(other than Acrobat) you can save each page of the thread as a pdf

then use acrobat to merge those pages together, and create a proper document

I have done the first page of the thread as an example

[SCEtoAUX]

I have Cute PDF Writer installed as a virtual printer.

Log on to the site, so the pictures (thumbnail versions in the posts) will show and go to the Beaver thread.
Choose File>Save As>Web Page, complete (*.htm, *.html)
That saves the thread on your computer.
I then opened the Beaver thread that was saved and printed with CutePDF Writer. It printed all six of the pages of the thread as a pdf. The pictures remained thumbnail size.

You could copy and paste the text into a word processing program, then copy and paste the larger pictures in the appropriate place. After you have the multi-page document with the text and pictures you could then print using Cute PDF Writer to generate a multipage pdf.

Edit: Actually you don't have to save the thread to your computer. Just click File>Print and choose CutePDF Writer as the printer. It will save the thread as a PDF.
If you have a bunch of Pdfs that you want to combine into one try this program PDFTK Builder

[Ashrunner]

I'll do if no one else has, then post it in the files section....or here...or another post...or something like that.

If I don't see the entire thread PDF'ed by, say Saturday at 9pm (Pacific time), I'll begin work on the process.

[-Jim G]

All of these good, clear and rapid, and helpful responses... no wonder that I love this forum

[RyanShort]

I also have CutePDF and like it a lot - in fact I went on and purchased the Pro version. On the other hand, for some things, I prefer to use Open Office - which will convert a document directly to PDF without the "printing" process that CutePDF uses. The only drawback is that it sometimes seems to change the fonts up on me. Then, I go on and use CutePDF...

Ryan

[cgutzmer]

I use MS word. I copy and paste the thread in its entirety then I go back and remove all the thumbnails and replace then with the full size pics (or whatever fits into the margins) then I write if off to PDF. I can take care of this for you if you would like. I have done it a few times in the past. Unless of course any of the others that offered have already got a good start on it
Chris

[cgutzmer]

Click here - download 6 mb
http://www.gutzmer.us/cardmodels/JimG/Beaver.pdf

Let me know if its what you are looking for. I also removed all the extraneous info between posts.
Chris