Image files

To my chagrin I submitted my ms. to the publisher and they wrote back and
said they cannot accept it in an image file. I had about 98 pages on a disk
which I transferred to one file to e-mail to the publisher. Now I don't k ow
if I have to re-type all or if I can do something to take them out of the
image file and transfer them to a Word File. I am working with MS Word -
System is Microsoft Vista.
Boy, I am shot for time so I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
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npille

What's a "ms.", and how did you create it?


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"npille" <.(donotspam)> wrote in message
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> To my chagrin I submitted my ms. to the publisher and they wrote back and
> said they cannot accept it in an image file. I had about 98 pages on a
> disk
> which I transferred to one file to e-mail to the publisher. Now I don't k
> ow
> if I have to re-type all or if I can do something to take them out of the
> image file and transfer them to a Word File. I am working with MS Word -
> System is Microsoft Vista.
> Boy, I am shot for time so I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
> --
> npille

Apple junkies refer to the *.doc format of Word as an 'image'. The same
could be said of a *.pdf for the Adobe reader, but they would probably
accept that one. They want something they can edit with comments. Save as
text, or perhaps html. Alternatively, you could buy the Adobe editor. My
impression is that they are hardly worth dealing with. The same chip on the
shoulder will show up again. Send your manuscript to someone less of a jerk.

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"npille" <.(donotspam)> wrote in message
news:0DE3E4DC-731F-40C3-9560-...
> To my chagrin I submitted my ms. to the publisher and they wrote back and
> said they cannot accept it in an image file. I had about 98 pages on a
> disk
> which I transferred to one file to e-mail to the publisher. Now I don't k
> ow
> if I have to re-type all or if I can do something to take them out of the
> image file and transfer them to a Word File. I am working with MS Word -
> System is Microsoft Vista.
> Boy, I am shot for time so I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
> --
> npille

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:38:09 -0800, npille
<.(donotspam)> wrote:

> To my chagrin I submitted my ms. to the publisher and they wrote back and
> said they cannot accept it in an image file. I had about 98 pages on a disk
> which I transferred to one file to e-mail to the publisher. Now I don't k ow
> if I have to re-type all or if I can do something to take them out of the
> image file and transfer them to a Word File. I am working with MS Word -
> System is Microsoft Vista.
> Boy, I am shot for time so I would appreciate any advice you can give me.


Exactly what is this "image file" you speak of? How did you create it,
and in what program? What is its extension?

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I wrote 97 pages in separate files in Microsoft Word on a CD-R
using Microsoft Vista which I haven't had very long. I then copied each
file from the cd into one file as per instructions and e-mailed to the
publishing company.
I have looked in my Vista books and in my Word for Windows books and online
in help and can't find any reference to "Image Files." However, I have
discovered on my own that once you put work on a CD and it is copied onto
hard drive, it is in that "read only" mode. I have little knowledge of what
Vista entails and little knowledge of what Office 2007 entails either
although I have used Windows for 20 some years and have not encountered any
problems, but then I always used floppies before.
Thanks for trying to help.

--
npille


"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:38:09 -0800, npille
> <.(donotspam)> wrote:
>
> > To my chagrin I submitted my ms. to the publisher and they wrote back and
> > said they cannot accept it in an image file. I had about 98 pages on a disk
> > which I transferred to one file to e-mail to the publisher. Now I don't k ow
> > if I have to re-type all or if I can do something to take them out of the
> > image file and transfer them to a Word File. I am working with MS Word -
> > System is Microsoft Vista.
> > Boy, I am shot for time so I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
>
>
> Exactly what is this "image file" you speak of? How did you create it,
> and in what program? What is its extension?
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

I wrote 97 pages in separate files in Microsoft Word on a CD-R
using Microsoft Vista which I haven't had very long. I then copied each
file from the cd into one file as per instructions and e-mailed to the
publishing company.
I have looked in my Vista books and in my Word for Windows books and online
in help and can't find any reference to "Image Files." However, I have
discovered on my own that once you put work on a CD and it is copied onto
hard drive, it is in that "read only" mode. I have little knowledge of what
Vista entails and little knowledge of what Office 2007 entails either
although I have used Windows for 20 some years and have not encountered any
problems, but then I always used floppies before.
Thanks for trying to help.

--
npille


"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:38:09 -0800, npille
> <.(donotspam)> wrote:
>
> > To my chagrin I submitted my ms. to the publisher and they wrote back and
> > said they cannot accept it in an image file. I had about 98 pages on a disk
> > which I transferred to one file to e-mail to the publisher. Now I don't k ow
> > if I have to re-type all or if I can do something to take them out of the
> > image file and transfer them to a Word File. I am working with MS Word -
> > System is Microsoft Vista.
> > Boy, I am shot for time so I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
>
>
> Exactly what is this "image file" you speak of? How did you create it,
> and in what program? What is its extension?
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

ms meant manuscript. I wrote it on a CD in Word 2007.
thanks for trying to help.
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npille


"Dave" wrote:

> What's a "ms.", and how did you create it?
>
>
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>
> "npille" <.(donotspam)> wrote in message
> news:0DE3E4DC-731F-40C3-9560-...
> > To my chagrin I submitted my ms. to the publisher and they wrote back and
> > said they cannot accept it in an image file. I had about 98 pages on a
> > disk
> > which I transferred to one file to e-mail to the publisher. Now I don't k
> > ow
> > if I have to re-type all or if I can do something to take them out of the
> > image file and transfer them to a Word File. I am working with MS Word -
> > System is Microsoft Vista.
> > Boy, I am shot for time so I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
> > --
> > npille
>
>

This is not a major problem at all. Many files when copied/written to a
CD/DVD and then recopied to a Hard Disk are often saved with the
"attributes" of the file set to "Read Only."

Just locate the folder on the HDD where you copied the files back, open
Windows Explorer, navigate to the files you want, and RIGHT click - you
will then be able to click on "Properties" and change the attributes by
unchecking "Read Only"

That should do it.

You should also be able to load the document into Word and just save it
with a new name unless it is too large to handle.

Fred


npille wrote:
> I wrote 97 pages in separate files in Microsoft Word on a CD-R
> using Microsoft Vista which I haven't had very long. I then copied each
> file from the cd into one file as per instructions and e-mailed to the
> publishing company.
> I have looked in my Vista books and in my Word for Windows books and online
> in help and can't find any reference to "Image Files." However, I have
> discovered on my own that once you put work on a CD and it is copied onto
> hard drive, it is in that "read only" mode. I have little knowledge of what
> Vista entails and little knowledge of what Office 2007 entails either
> although I have used Windows for 20 some years and have not encountered any
> problems, but then I always used floppies before.
> Thanks for trying to help.
>

OK my speculation is that you've created an image file with an ".iso"
extension. Apparently you've used some mysterious instructions which we do
not have but I assume that these instructions specify how to compress many
files into a manageable .iso disk file. Publishers should specify explicitly
what kind of input they expect, that is the file format. It might be .pdf or
something else. You should find out.

"npille" <.(donotspam)> wrote in message
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>I wrote 97 pages in separate files in Microsoft Word on a CD-R
> using Microsoft Vista which I haven't had very long. I then copied each
> file from the cd into one file as per instructions and e-mailed to the
> publishing company.
> I have looked in my Vista books and in my Word for Windows books and
> online
> in help and can't find any reference to "Image Files." However, I have
> discovered on my own that once you put work on a CD and it is copied onto
> hard drive, it is in that "read only" mode. I have little knowledge of
> what
> Vista entails and little knowledge of what Office 2007 entails either
> although I have used Windows for 20 some years and have not encountered
> any
> problems, but then I always used floppies before.
> Thanks for trying to help.
>
> --
> npille
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:38:09 -0800, npille
>> <.(donotspam)> wrote:
>>
>> > To my chagrin I submitted my ms. to the publisher and they wrote back
>> > and
>> > said they cannot accept it in an image file. I had about 98 pages on a
>> > disk
>> > which I transferred to one file to e-mail to the publisher. Now I
>> > don't k ow
>> > if I have to re-type all or if I can do something to take them out of
>> > the
>> > image file and transfer them to a Word File. I am working with MS
>> > Word -
>> > System is Microsoft Vista.
>> > Boy, I am shot for time so I would appreciate any advice you can give
>> > me.
>>
>>
>> Exactly what is this "image file" you speak of? How did you create it,
>> and in what program? What is its extension?
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>