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<blockquote data-quote="nnms" data-source="post: 4754959" data-attributes="member: 83293"><p>Okay, here's my quick and dirty solution. It uses all free software.</p><p></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Open Openoffice.org (Microsoft Word would work fine too)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Change the paper size to the desired final map size (eg. 32x21 inches)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Also set it to have no margins</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Paste in the super high resolution scan</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Double check that the big picture is the right size</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Print to PDFCreator (free/open source PDF maker)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Open PDF file in Acrobat Reader</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Go to Toos>Select & Zoom>Snapshot tool</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Select an appropriate amount of the file (say, 8 squares by 10 squares) with a little bit extra around the edges to leave room to trim)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Go to File>Print</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Print to PDFCreator</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Now I have a PDF of one 8x10 section</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Repeat until the rest of the map is covered and you have a separate PDF file for each page.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Print them</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Trim</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mount</li> </ol><p>Links:</p><p></p><p>OpenOffice.org (free/open source office suite)</p><p><a href="http://www.openoffice.org" target="_blank">OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite</a></p><p></p><p>PDFCreator (free/open source PDF maker)</p><p><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/" target="_blank">SourceForge.net: PDFCreator</a></p><p></p><p>Adobe Acrobat Reader (free, but not open source PDF reader)</p><p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/reader/" target="_blank">Adobe - Adobe Reader download - All versions</a></p><p></p><p>My digital camera is traveling with a friend right now, but I'll get some pictures done at my next gaming session.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nnms, post: 4754959, member: 83293"] Okay, here's my quick and dirty solution. It uses all free software. [LIST=1] [*]Open Openoffice.org (Microsoft Word would work fine too) [*]Change the paper size to the desired final map size (eg. 32x21 inches) [*]Also set it to have no margins [*]Paste in the super high resolution scan [*]Double check that the big picture is the right size [*]Print to PDFCreator (free/open source PDF maker) [*]Open PDF file in Acrobat Reader [*]Go to Toos>Select & Zoom>Snapshot tool [*]Select an appropriate amount of the file (say, 8 squares by 10 squares) with a little bit extra around the edges to leave room to trim) [*]Go to File>Print [*]Print to PDFCreator [*]Now I have a PDF of one 8x10 section [*]Repeat until the rest of the map is covered and you have a separate PDF file for each page. [*]Print them [*]Trim [*]Mount [/LIST] Links: OpenOffice.org (free/open source office suite) [url=http://www.openoffice.org]OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite[/url] PDFCreator (free/open source PDF maker) [url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/]SourceForge.net: PDFCreator[/url] Adobe Acrobat Reader (free, but not open source PDF reader) [url=http://get.adobe.com/reader/]Adobe - Adobe Reader download - All versions[/url] My digital camera is traveling with a friend right now, but I'll get some pictures done at my next gaming session. [/QUOTE]
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