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Judy Madnick

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Aug 16, 2019, 10:26:22 AM8/16/19
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Seeing Tim's spreadhseet, I'd like to know how the following travels as compared to the .jpg that I usually use. It would allow me to avoid converting to a .pdf and then a .jpg.
 
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ROUND 3004 : JEBEL

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1. (Noun) Obnoxiously loud; inconsiderate.

Debbie Embler

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0

6

7

0

2. [Turk.] a stable-boy.

Mike Shefler

Dan Widdis

1

12*

14

3

3. [Arab.] a deep gully with steep sides.

Efrem Mallach

Dave Cunningham

1

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DQ

1

4. a courtesan or favourite wife.

John Barrs

Hugo Kornelis, Guerri Stevens

2

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DQ

2

5. A knife resembling a sword.

Chris Carson

Shani Naylor

1

-

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1

6. A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats.

Dan Widdis

Debbie Embler

1

2

8

1

7. a flat, polished surface (as a stone).

Ryan McGill

Debbie Embler

1

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-

1

8. A Middle-Eastern sweetmeat, consisting of dried and minced apricots, almond paste, and honey.

Tim Lodge

Dan Widdis, Hugo Kornelis

2

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2

9. an illicit liaison.

Guerri Stevens

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0

4

11

0

10. Another name for the typographic symbol commonly known as the slash.

Shani Naylor

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5

14

0

11. Generic term for any messy situation that has been caused by children ignoring their parents' warnings.

Hugo Kornelis

Guerri Stevens

1

4

8

1

12. hill or mountain.

http://phrontistery.info/j.html

Mike Shefler, Dave Cunningham

2

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-

2

13. Millage on a coin.

Dave Cunningham

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3

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2*

14. One who readily acquiesces or conforms.

Tony Abell

Shani Naylor, Mike Shefler

2

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2

Johnb - co.uk

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Aug 16, 2019, 10:44:26 AM8/16/19
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Personally - NB, I mean that, it is just me

I do not like formats that force me to move the visible screen transversely in order to see things - there are reasons why we use the 'old' format. Yes they are historic from the days when we couldn't screen sideways with ease, but I am an 'oldie' too... If we want to use spreadsheets then we could send them (and then load them into whatever format we individually prefer)  But...

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Debbie

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Aug 16, 2019, 3:57:08 PM8/16/19
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I use Excel and sometimes it will load to Gmail as a spreadsheet and sometimes I have to convert it to a Word doc first to insert it. Don't understand why. 

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Judy Madnick

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Aug 16, 2019, 4:08:01 PM8/16/19
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I use WordPerfect, avoiding the spreadsheet altogether. In looking at the results below, I see that my dashes ended up as question marks. If I use a WP document, I'll have to avoid special characters. :-)
 
Judy
 
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Tony Abell

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Aug 17, 2019, 12:24:18 PM8/17/19
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As I remarked to Tim, I get two versions, text and HTML. The plain text
version is basically a mess, but the HTML is rendered perfectly. Everything is
neatly in its own double-walled cell. The cell widths are appropriately padded
and moderately minimized so that I don't even have to scroll horizontally.
This is by far the clearest and neatest format I've seen for a deal result.
The only possible flaw is that for some players, the "Votes From..." column
has a single left-adjusted question mark. I wonder if that was supposed to be
something else, since other cell contents are centered.

But again, I'm talking about the performance of the rather primitive HTML
parser built into my email client. I don't know how it looks to others.


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Judy Madnick

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Aug 17, 2019, 12:35:41 PM8/17/19
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That's interesting. I will stick with my .jpg then. I know that scrolling is necessary, but it allows me to have one document to record info and then just "save as" a .pdf and then a .jpg rather than having to retype everything.
 
The question marks were due to my use of special characters, which I don't have to use. I'd be interested in whether others would prefer the html to the . jpg.
 
Judy
 
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Daniel B Widdis

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Aug 17, 2019, 12:37:16 PM8/17/19
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My two cents…

 

Cent 1:  It displays fine on my desktop email client (the most recent version of Outlook), except that it scrolls to the right of my preview window, so I either have to open the email in its own window, or slide a scrollbar on the bottom to see the rightmost columns.    On my iPhone the whole table is shrunk so small as to be unreadable.  I have to use my fingers to pinch/expand the image on the phone to read it, and then slide it left and right to read the content.  

 

Cent 2: Others have noted that they receive both text and HTML.  That’s actually what is sent online when you send emails, allowing older, text-based clients to read the text and ignore the formatting and newer, modern clients to read the formatted version and ignore the text.  Or, some people even have their modern email clients set to display text-only as a security/privacy precaution.  Or some Linux power-users might prefer a text-only mail application.   While it’s nifty to have a HTML version, if the text counterpart is unreadable, it’s probably a no-go.

 

TL;dr:

I much prefer the text-based format that allows simple scrolling, or a much narrower left-to-right image format.

 

Dan

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Judy Madnick

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Aug 17, 2019, 12:43:21 PM8/17/19
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No one complained when I sent the .jpg, although I realize that scrolling may be necessary. How are players receiving that?
 
Judy
 
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My two cents.

 

Cent 1:  It displays fine on my desktop email client (the most recent version of Outlook), except that it scrolls to the right of my preview window, so I either have to open the email in its own window, or slide a scrollbar on the bottom to see the rightmost columns.    On my iPhone the whole table is shrunk so small as to be unreadable.  I have to use my fingers to pinch/expand the image on the phone to read it, and then slide it left and right to read the content.  

 

Cent 2: Others have noted that they receive both text and HTML.  That's actually what is sent online when you send emails, allowing older, text-based clients to read the text and ignore the formatting and newer, modern clients to read the formatted version and ignore the text.  Or, some people even have their modern email clients set to display text-only as a security/privacy precaution.  Or some Linux power-users might prefer a text-only mail application.   While it's nifty to have a HTML version, if the text counterpart is unreadable, it's probably a no-go.

 

TL;dr:

I much prefer the text-based format that allows simple scrolling, or a much narrower left-to-right image format.

 

Dan

 

Johnb - co.uk

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Aug 17, 2019, 12:57:05 PM8/17/19
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Judy, why do you go from a pdf to jpg? that seems an unnecessary step - just send the pdf for |I would have thought that most people have a pdf reader nowadays

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Daniel B Widdis

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Aug 17, 2019, 12:57:27 PM8/17/19
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Much the same way, but I didn’t complain.  This wasn’t a complaint, either, it was just feedback that was asked for. 😊

Judy Madnick

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Aug 17, 2019, 1:04:06 PM8/17/19
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I assumed that the results should be in the body of the message. I don't believe I can paste or insert a .pdf in the message as I can a .jpg. Would an attachment do?
 
Judy
 
 
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Judy, why do you go from a pdf to jpg? that seems an unnecessary step - just send the pdf for |I would have thought that most people have a pdf reader nowadays

JohnnyB
On 17/08/2019 17:43, Judy Madnick wrote:
No one complained when I sent the .jpg, although I realize that scrolling may be necessary. How are players receiving that?
 
Judy
 
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Johnb - co.uk

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Aug 17, 2019, 1:44:27 PM8/17/19
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Judy,

I am not worried - as I said, I'd prefer text

JohnnyB

Guerri Stevens

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Aug 17, 2019, 2:21:42 PM8/17/19
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I also prefer text.

--guerri: a seasoned citizen.

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