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459042	2006-05-30 03:46:00	Hi, Old, I know I am, but even so, I cannot remember how to change a file type. In photoshop I want to change the PDF file to JPEG I have saved a business card made, using Publisher, to my documents. When I come to change the file type so I can open it - I keep getting "cannot open C:\documentsand settings\name\my documents \business card.pub"--- but I can open it from "my docs" In an even more exasperating situation,although the sample is in "my Docs" When I, sic., use photoshop>browse, etc there is no record of it in the drop down list to be able to select from, although it does show by clicking on "my documents " on the desktop. I have searched in F1 files and the nearest thing is a reply by Godfather, where he says go to windows explorer>tool>folder optionfile>select change" fine , but where is windows explorer? I have used this method before- using W 98 SE, but surely it has not changed that much, since using XP? :help: effie c	effie c (6856)
459043	2006-05-30 05:02:00	You can't change file types that way Eddie . If your business card was created in Publisher it would have a PUB extension by default, not PDF and you won't be able to open that file in Photoshop . If you want the business card to be a JPG file and it has a PUB extension then open it again in Publisher and go to File > Save As and in the drop down box scroll until you get the JPEG, JPG, etc options and choose that . It will then be saved as a JPG file . You will then be able to open it in Photoshop but you won't be able to edit it . Only Publisher will allow you to edit it . Access Windows Explorer by using the Windows key + E or by going to My Computer . My Documents is pretty much Windows Explorer as well .	FoxyMX (5)
459044	2006-05-30 06:15:00	Hi Susan, Marvellous- after all these years - I had never gone about using that technique. Sweep, who knows me from of the past, also rang just as your reply came in, and clarified things in a similar vein- end result betwwen the pair of you- one happy chappie. Ouch ! Though I am able to operate the original query,now,- but still am not able to sight the business card in the "browse"> "my documents"either from photoshop,or Adobe, and it looks like Paintshop- - I get a reply "no such file"- yet when opening "my documents " from the desk top- there is my business card- but open it as above - there is nothing there- are you able to explain why, please In other words the desktop version shows it but th einternall approach does not Ed	effie c (6856)
459045	2006-05-30 06:22:00	Hi Eddie, glad to hear you got it sorted out . That was kind of Sweep to give you a call and explain things . The reason why you can't sight the business card from Photoshop, Adobe or Paintshop is because they do not support the kind of file that the business card is, ie a PUB file . They will only show files that they can open . All programs are like this . Publisher shows it because the file was created with that program . Windows Explorer shows it because it shows all files except those that are set to be hidden, including system files . Clear as mud? :p	FoxyMX (5)
459046	2006-05-30 07:01:00	Thank you Susan, clear as mud ?--- funnily enough your reply was clearer than I expected, and enhanced my knowledge if nothing else, so between you and Sweeper I think -hope- whatever, I can resume my keeping myself occupied in my dotage,as well as enjoying computing. To think I was taught on a Amiga so many years ago (10 years) and how the following on by W95, W 98SE, and finally XP- gee ! there alone, are major changes- and for an old B***** like me - my panic at what I was going to do, when retired- has been cancelled out - :thumbs: I have never been so sure that now a days there are not so many minutes or hours in a day as there was :) Eddie	effie c (6856)
459047	2006-05-30 10:17:00	Hi Ed, wish my mother was as adventurous as you with a PC, as a technican, I all too often forget what level she is at and it is a nightmare trying to support her over the phone. Good on ya mate!	SolMiester (139)
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