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shawn klein <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 25 Jan 2004 07:24:38 -0800
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Yes, that's definitely helpful. Thanks Lou. I wouldn't
be averse to trying out 5.0, I only have 4 megs
available in my mailbox though. I get 5 plus kbps with
msn messenger transfers though. Again, thanks for the
info about right clicking. 73

--- Louis Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Shawn.
>
> At the risk of offending my faithful guide
> companion, Adobe Reader 6.0 is a
> dog.  Or maybe something that rhymes with that,
> namely a hog.  This is
> especially true if you are running an older Pentium
> II or similar processor.
>
> I do have the accessible version of Adobe Reader 5
> here--as a matter of
> fact, it is what I run on this computer.  I think
> you will have better luck
> with the freeze up problem.  As another practical
> suggestion, if you can
> simulate a right click on the link for the PDF
> document, you will get a
> drop down menu which you can then use to download
> the PDF file (I forget
> the exact choice on the menu).  If you can get the
> PDF file down to your
> own hard drive, you'll get much more efficient
> performance out of your
> system and be far less likely to freeze up.  You
> could either simulate the
> right click by finding the link with your Mouse
> Cursor and then pressing
> the ASTERISK key on your number pad, or you could
> move the caret to the
> link and press either the APPLICATION key or
> SHIFT+F10 to pop up the menu.
>
> Hope that this helps.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 07:29 AM 1/23/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> >Guess what guys, it was Adobe. Adobe 6.0 to be
> exact.
> >I didn't know the short history of radio was pdf.
> Our
> >guru was over last night and I showed him what it
> was
> >doing. Needless to say, we got rid of 6.0. He said
> I
> >should get 5.0. He doesn't actually know much about
> >speech compatability, but he liked 5.0 better, but
> I
> >seem to recall some speech users telling me 5.0 was
> >better. Anybody still got it? Is my guru right?
> >
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> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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