PDF of Article?

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   NurseFloodposted 4 years ago

   I had a professor from a college request my article in PDF form.  I've never had anyone do this before and was wondering if you have any experience.
   
   Thanks,
   Caitlin

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      Al Stineposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      It's easy when you are using a Windows operating system and chrome browser, just press Ctrl+P or go to print page, then on destination dropdown list, choose- Save as PDF.
      It should be similar to other operating systems aswell, if not then just screenshot as suggested by Beth Eaglescliffe.
      
      

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      sallybeaposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I have had people ask me for a PDF for some of my felting tutorials.  I am not so keen as they can then take them to felting workshops to teach their pupils.

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      erorantesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Good afternoon miss nurse flood. It is a program created by adobe in 1990 to present documents, text and images in a manner independently of application soft ware hardware and operating system. You can look it up on you tube. I wish you wellness.

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   Beth Eaglescliffeposted 4 years ago

   The easiest way is to take a screenshot with the snipping tool. The image is automatically saved as a pdf.
   
   Zoom down the size of your article so that it all fits on the screen, and then you can take it as one screenshot.
   
   (I use a PC, but I'm sure there's something similar if you're a mac user).

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   NurseFloodposted 4 years ago

   Sorry, I should have clarified- I know how to create a PDF, but how do you handle someone who wants it?  I mean copyright and all that- we're not getting the views if it's being looked at in print.  Does that make sense?

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      DrMark1961posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I had the same thought when I read your post this morning. Why does he even want a PDF? If it is for students in a class, he should provide them a link and let them view the page on the internet.

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      Al Stineposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Considering PDF stands for Portable Document Format, I believe his intentions are to have an offline copy that he can easily access and share.
      Maybe you can create a hyperlink in the PDF file that leads directly to your article. If he shares or copies it, he is basically sharing and copying your link too. You can also watermark it and lock all copy and edit functions, that way readers will be forced to click on the link to view the article with more privileges.

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         NurseFloodposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         I like this idea- but would you just create a printable document on a site of my private website and send it to him? Or should I link it to the article itself?

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            Al Stineposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            If you create a printable document on your private website it might be flagged for duplicate content I think. Linking to the article itself might be a better suggestion. You can add instructions on how to download the article in PDF format in your link, that way you won't lose any views.

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   psycheskinnerposted 4 years ago

   Ask what they want it for and decide, you could grant it to them under a CC license.

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      NurseFloodposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      They want it for their class- I just thought it was an interesting ask and while I'd love to help, I also look to this for income and was interested in picking brains.

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   psycheskinnerposted 4 years ago

   If it is for a class the teacher wants to put it in their hands, they already know how to share a link.  I think it is a yes or no sort of question.  It's not like the 20-50 (?) people in the class were all going to be traffic on the internet if they didn't see the handout.

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   Kenna McHughposted 4 years ago

   I see this all that time with my daughter's college schoolwork.  For more views, I would ask him or her kindly why they can't share a link instead. I had a teacher share my screenwriting article, and I enjoyed the spike in views for a couple of months. I would ask, it would be interesting to find out why they just can't share the link. What is the protocol at his school?  Is he teaching K-12? Is it a security policy for online resources?

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      sallybeaposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I will ask them next time.  In this day and age they could use a kindle or laptop if they wanted to follow a tutorial.

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