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RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:44 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: MBF
At the risk of sounding noobish - would Google Drive be appropriate for portions of this project and limiting who can see/share/edit etc ?
Google Drive would be fine for a place to share the document. Using Google Docs to edit the document there is a different story. It has steadily improved, but I don't know if it is up to the task being undertaken. I should say, I don't know 'how well' up to the task being undertaken.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:50 pm
by MBF
Yeah - its good enough for the light weight stuff I do but certainly not a finished product yet (and given my role in education I want my material to have a sort of rough edge otherwise they will expect me to do finished product all the time which is definitely not my forte)
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:14 pm
by Reg
ORIGINAL: witpqs
You did better than me getting it into docx (XML format) though I seem to remember OpenOffice could do something like this.
Not sure what you mean, I didn't get any PDF into XML? Maybe someone else's post?
Hi witps,
At the risk of de-railing the conversation again, when Office (2010?) went from .doc save files to .docx, the propriety file format went to XML (have a close look at a save file). This makes them a lot more portable and are easier to import into other conversion tools such as Calibre (e-book creator) - Hey look, another option...... [:D]
The comment above was a result of my dementia (TIC) - in the past I have had to convert files to docx before I could process them further. I just can't remember how I did it. [:(]
I only suggested Adobe Suite as PDF is their file format and they have developed some powerful tools to manipulate the documents. I bought a copy for my daughter so I have seen some of it's capabilities but I have not used it myself.
At least this conversation has brought up some options for Alfred. [;)]
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:21 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Reg
ORIGINAL: witpqs
You did better than me getting it into docx (XML format) though I seem to remember OpenOffice could do something like this.
Not sure what you mean, I didn't get any PDF into XML? Maybe someone else's post?
Hi witps,
At the risk of de-railing the conversation again, when Office (2010?) went from .doc save files to .docx, the propriety file format went to XML (have a close look at a save file). This makes them a lot more portable and are easier to import into other conversion tools such as Calibre (e-book creator) - Hey look, another option...... [:D]
The comment above was a result of my dementia - in the past I have had to convert files to docx before I could process them further. I just can't remember how I did it. [:(]
I only suggested Adobe Suite as PDF is their file format and they have developed some powerful tools to manipulate the documents. I bought a copy for my daughter so I have seen some of it's capabilities but I have not used it myself.
At least this conversation has brought up some options for Alfred. [;)]
Right, but I still don't remember getting files into docx. [:D] I might have misstated something at some point. Anyhow, that openess is part of Microsoft's new approach. docx can be read into LibreOffice easily as the older doc, if one is interested in using that suite. [:)]
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:22 pm
by Reg
Keep the content suggestions coming guys..... [:)]
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:19 pm
by bartrat
Google Drive:
PLEASE read the EULA for Google. Please read it very closely.
DropBox is my favorite.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:44 am
by Yaab
Political points
Manual, p.222
"The larger the size of the unit, the greater the Political Point expenditure required to change
the HQ. Costs are as follows:
»» Base – cost is a function of the airfield and port sizes.
»» Air Unit – cost is 4 times the number of planes (e.g., a squadron
of 24 planes would cost 96 Political Points to change)
»» Ground Units – the cost is a function of the number
and types of devices in the unit"
I would welcome more information about the political point cost per device type. It was a real eye opener to learn that a single field arty tube is worth 10 PPs.
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RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 11:16 am
by Mac Linehan
ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
This would be a monumental task with pay. Without pay.....I humbly stand here unworthy and in awe. Thank You.
rockmedic109 sums it up, Alfred. The revision will be well written, informative and absolutely First Class (and I would expect nothing else short of excellence).
We are in your debt, Sir.
Mac
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 11:25 am
by SuluSea
Thanks Alfred!!
You are just the man to be doing this. It's no small task but I for one greatly appreciate your dedication. [:)]
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:50 pm
by witpqs
There are some developer postings that I have cut & pasted into txt files on my hard drive for quick finding when needed. I'll post what I have. Some might be redundant with others' posts.
Regarding the optional aircraft ordnance filters. Here is a text attachment followed by a screen cap in a separate post.
Edit to add: I believe Ian/TheElf posted this and the following graphic.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:51 pm
by witpqs
AC filters screen cap:
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:53 pm
by witpqs
Attribute field in scenario files (CSV). Original might have been from MichaelM, I edited it a bit for my understanding.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:54 pm
by witpqs
A bit on Barrage balloons.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:55 pm
by witpqs
JWE's post on drop tanks.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:57 pm
by witpqs
JWE's post on the engineer type squads in Babes, might be some included in newer scen 1/2. I realize you might not want this.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:58 pm
by witpqs
The latest that I saw posted on Hot Keys. Someone else might have more recent info.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:59 pm
by witpqs
A bit about HQ units in the editor/CSV scenario files.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:00 pm
by witpqs
From the latest release regarding the monsoon dates. Must be redundant with data you have already.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:03 pm
by witpqs
Concerning supply. This is distilled down from an earlier developer post, as there were some changes after that post. I suppose this needs to be checked for current accuracy.
RE: AE PDF Manual Revision
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:17 pm
by Skyros
Alfred I did the original screenshots for the manual in snag it. I may still have them. They formatted them by putting a white border around them. .f you would like a copy of them send me a pm with your email and I will send them to you.
Good luck.