Comments on qualities - communities - literacies: The Other Kind Of Multistep Word Problems

Thks Karen. Michael Chalk from PRACE in Australia...

2009-10-22T22:53:50.600-03:00

Thks Karen.

Michael Chalk from PRACE in Australia (I just love the connectivity of the internet!) put me on to a free app called PDFCreator. With it installed, you print your document (from word, notepad, a spreadsheet... any text that can be printed) but chose PDFCreator as your 'printer'. Then, nothing actually prints, but a pdf file gets saved into whichever folder you chose. I used it to put up the second book in the series: (drumroll, echo voice) Return to the Black Castle.

So, no more bopping around between word processing programs! Yay!

Hi Wendell, I meant to send you a note earlier i...

2009-10-22T22:51:09.394-03:00

Hi Wendell,

I meant to send you a note earlier in the week to tell you that I downloaded the Black Castle file successfully, without any problems.

I can sympathize with your problems using Word as a typesetting tool. In my previous life, I worked for a legal publisher as a typesetter and we used Word exclusively then exported to pdf with Adobe Reader. You may have more success using sections breaks to prevent the text from flowing to the next page.

Karen

Hi Michael, I read with interest your adventures ...

2009-10-21T07:11:48.653-03:00

Hi Michael,

I read with interest your adventures with Windows 7. Better you than me - LOL. Playing with software is fun right up to the point where we want / need to get something done in a hurry.

Thanks for the heads-up about that app. I'll definitely take a look.

http://michalk.id.au/txt/2009/10/run-on-free-soft/

Hi Wendell.. i know that feeling of technological ...

2009-10-21T02:13:30.170-03:00

Hi Wendell.. i know that feeling of technological frustration.. and the urge to snarl at learners when you really should display your deepest teaching patience.

One time when i exploded in frustration at a group of learners, they gave me this "oh you're a real person after all" look.

btw, there's a great app called "pdf creator" which lets you make a pdf from any program that can print (eg word).

kind regards, michael