From his wording, it sounds like he's not really sure, like the word databases should have air quotes.

Was he talking to someone time traveling from the past, or maybe an alien?

That reminds me of an Overheard in the Office -- A Sharpie for the None Too Sharp

Exactly. Like that. I occasionally see that sort of weirdness. People taking ownership of certain common words or phrases like they were the originator of the word, name or thought.

Letting the smoke out of your computer.

>A Sharpie for the None Too Sharp

Oh my God! I just started crying I am laughing so hard!

Letting the smoke out of your computer.

Actually, no, because my mind is still there.

So, instead, a question: We have a client that has a whole lot of sales type documents, about 150, all in pdf format (for today's discussion). They want a "library" of them. Something browsable by complete and total idiots who can then click and download the pdfs... The end result has to be PC-compat while built on a Mac.

They had something legacy, but the program is apparently proprietary and also kaput. Whatever. Same guy couldn't understand why my Mac wouldn't open up an .exe file. I mentioned I work with JackAss Idiots?

I am just looking for any information people have off of the top of their heads because I am frankly not supposed to be solving this problem. Yet. Soon, it will totally be my problem. And once it is my problem, I expect to be paid for my time spent finding the solution. Or asking you guys and then spending that time on b.org... Whichever.

Cass, if I were doing it, I'd just link to them from an html file. Maybe I don't understand the question.

I was thinking html, actually.

But the bosses don't know I can code so I am iffy about telling them. They might think it is one of my job requirement things... And they don't pay me that well.

Yeah, I think html and actually making a file is the answer... I was hoping for some program that would do it all for me.

Thanks, Ginger.

I have a stupid question to top all stoopid questions.

I've redone all my professional forms in Appleworks on my eMac because I'm having trouble getting easy access to the Word forms on my iMac. And, because they needed updating anyway.

Now. I painstakingly recreated 3 forms and saved them in multiple formats so I could email rtf or Word files to my clients.

Why. For the love of dog, why, do they get all messed up in the other formats? Lines missing, spacing off, graphics go poof, etc.

It looks like it is impossible to make a pdf in Appleworks.

So am I screwed?

I've been vigorously avoiding buying Word for OS 10.1.5 (my current) for financial and down-with-the-MAN reasons...but I gotta have these forms in an emailable format.

What do I do?

Well, if you still want to avoid word, you can play with Apple's newest, which is Pages and is part of iWork. I think iWork was only $79 or $99 when I purchased it. You might need a more recent version of OS X though.