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    Talking SCCA Solo Times for January!

    Automax has put out another edition of the Solo Times!

    And he even put one of the little miata guys on the cover!!



    Link - http://autocross.com/tr/solo_times_jan09.pdf

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    Sweet. Let me know if anyone wants me to autograph it. However, I will need to charge for it since I can no longer depend on contingency money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrj512 View Post
    Let me know if anyone wants me to autograph it.
    I'll try to leave a big enough area around the dart holes.

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    Better keep a copy as a before picture. I don't think the new suspension is going to let it crank over that far this year.
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    Hey guys!

    Looking for some feedback here.

    When I convert the newsletter into a PDF file I have options that control the way the photos & graphics get saved in the document.

    Most of the photos are rather high resolution so I try to keep the images from getting "fuzzy" by keeping the resolution at a decent level when the newsletter is converted. But the trade-off is the PDF file size stays up around 3mb.

    Is anyone having trouble viewing that size of file or downloading it?

    I have a cable modem so I can't really judge if this is too large of a file for people. I personally enjoy having decently clear photos & graphics in the newsletter.

    Let me know what you guys think.

    Thanks!

    BTW, the SCCA Calendar should be out rather soon. Matt is just waiting on a few site responses.
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    I have no problems with the current file size. Then again, I am always on some sort of broadband connection.

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    I am having some unknown kind of problem. Download gets to about 900k and stops. Popsup that adobe has encountered a problem and needs to close. I have downloaded a lot bigger files without a problem so I don't know what gives.
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    No problems for me. I think everything is fine. But, I also have a cable modem.
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    Quote Originally Posted by creek View Post
    I am having some unknown kind of problem. Download gets to about 900k and stops. Popsup that adobe has encountered a problem and needs to close. I have downloaded a lot bigger files without a problem so I don't know what gives.
    Right click, save as to your hard drive, then open when it gets done. Acrobat stinks honestly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goofygrin View Post
    Right click, save as to your hard drive, then open when it gets done. Acrobat stinks honestly.
    Does everyone have to download the file instead of just "clicking" & viewing in a PDF reader?

    I haven't had to download the file to read it as some folks have. The file just opens in Adobe reader. But I also have the latest Adobe reader too (8.1).
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    Quote Originally Posted by autoxmax View Post
    Does everyone have to download the file instead of just "clicking" & viewing in a PDF reader?
    That probably depends on individual windows settings.

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    I have no problems viewing it without downloading it.

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    Technically you have to download it to read it... but Acrobat is full of bugs... and given how it has to be plopped into a browser, people have issues using it all the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goofygrin View Post
    Technically you have to download it to read it... but Acrobat is full of bugs... and given how it has to be plopped into a browser, people have issues using it all the time.
    I haven't experienced any of the "bugs" so I'm in the dark on this one.

    Does anyone have a suggestion on a different way of doing a publication like this. PDF seemed like a standard in the industry.

    Are there alternitives?
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    Just uncheck "Display PDF in browser" in the Acrobat Reader preferences. Works for me.

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    I had problems opening it as well (including fastracks). After seeing this thread, I noticed I had v6 installed. Went to the adobe site, downloaded v9 and in about 5 minutes all was good. Thanks!

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    I know several people have said that just moving to the latest version of Adobe reader solved problems for them.

    I asked on the TX forum, but I'll ask here too.

    What would you guys like to see more of/less of in the TX Region newsletter?
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    Quote Originally Posted by autoxmax View Post
    What would you guys like to see more of/less of in the TX Region newsletter?
    It might be neat to see some biographies. I know people like Saunders and all of the Maxcys have a lot of AX history that would be interesting -- I just found out last season that your sister-in-law was a National Champion. I imagine Bellamy could rattle on for a while about his AX past. Or the time Mick Harrison tried out for American Idol.

    Are there any old local venues that are no longer used that you might want to tell about?

    I guess I'm just interested in the history of local AX.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrj512 View Post
    It might be neat to see some biographies. I know people like Saunders and all of the Maxcys have a lot of AX history that would be interesting -- I just found out last season that your sister-in-law was a National Champion. I imagine Bellamy could rattle on for a while about his AX past. Or the time Mick Harrison tried out for American Idol.

    Are there any old local venues that are no longer used that you might want to tell about?

    I guess I'm just interested in the history of local AX.
    Such as the story of ER being the Corvair Club before it was ER?
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