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Creating "Calendar Clip-Art"
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A handy feature in DayChaser that is easy to overlook is it's ability to export any Month or Year view as a PDF image. The fact that this feature allows you to generate a snapshot of your calendar in a file format that any other user can view (including PC users) is useful enough. However, it's real power lies in the fact that other applications can import the image too! You can now take advantage of DayChaser's calendar and scheduling abilities when working with other types of documents! |
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| Step 1. The "Export Calendar to PDF" feature works by creating an exact PDF snapshot of the Month or Year you are presently viewing. This differs from simply "printing to PDF" (which any Mac OS X application can do). When "printing" a PDF, the calendar is scaled to fit on a printed page. The "Export to PDF" function, however, will generate a PDF image that is exactly the same size as the window you are viewing. With this in mind, resize your calendar window to the desired PDF image size. Since the file format is PDF, the image will retain full resolution no matter what size it is viewed at. If you will be converting the image to a bitmap format, however, you may want to make the window as large as possible. Step 2. Generating a PDF image will yield exactly what you see in the DayChaser window. The current month (or year) and all visible entries will be included. This may or may not be what you desire. Rather than delete entries you don't want to see, use a filter to narrow down the scope of what is displayed. If you are unsure what a filter is or how to use one, look in the DayChaser manual or use the on-line help and type in the keyword "filter". |
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The "Export Calendar to PDF" command |
Step 3. You are now ready to generate the PDF image. Simply invoke "Export Calendar as PDF" from the "File" menu. A dialog will appear asking you to name the PDF image file and choose a location to store it. The name and location are entirely up to you. Once this is done, you will have a PDF file that can be shared with others. Any computer user capable of viewing a PDF (which is any Mac OS X user, or a Mac OS 9/Windows user with Adobe Acrobat installed) can view this file. You can also import the image directly into other applications. Below are some examples of what you can do. Import the image into other applications. A wide variety of applications can import graphics. You may typically want to place the calendar PDF image as clip art in another document that you are working on. Because the image is a PDF, it will retain full resolution quality no matter how you resize it. This is an important point, and worth menioning again - because the image is a PDF, it will retain full resolution quality no matter how you resize it! |
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A typical example would be a word processing document. For instance, you may need to place a calendar image that shows some important dates pertinent to a report you are writing. Alternately, you could export each month of the year as individual PDF images, complete with important dates and events, such as birthdays and holidays. You can then import the calendar images into a drawing program, along with digital photos of your family, for a truly personalized wall calendar. Converting to other file formats. A PDF image may not be desirable in various situations. For example, some applications may not be able to import PDFs. In other cases, such as composing a web page, you would probably desire a compressed, bitmap image file format such as JPEG or GIF. Fortunately, converting to several popular image file formats is very easy to do in Mac OS X. You begin by opening the calendar PDF image in the Preview application that comes with Mac OS X. Typically, all you have to do is double-click the file in Finder and it will be displayed in Preview (if your system is configured with another default PDF viewer, you will have to launch Preview manually). Once opened in Preview, choose "Export..." from the "File" menu. A dialog appears asking you to name the exported image file and choose a location for it. You can also change the file format you are exporting to. Choose GIF, JPEG or PNG if exporting for use on a web page. To generate a file for use with many older "Classic" or "Carbon" based applications (that cannot import PDFs), choose PICT as the file format. |
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