Thread: Stop Wally going mad!!!

Oh! Too late! - I'm already bonkas!

Yes, I know you knew that already ...

Seliousry, how is everyone?

Hope everyone is well.

I rarely use internet forums these days .... think I got burnt out with all of that when I was operating a bunch of airbnb apartments in Tokyo a couple of years ago. Constantly emailing and messaging made me really get sick of screen time.

I still pop into the site now and then. Usually to check the news room and sometimes the lounge, though it's a bit like going back to watch a sporting team you once followed, but find it hard to take interest in because you don't know the players. I hope you are all playing nice and fair. Wally says it's nice to be nice.

I haven't just dropped in here by chance. I had a look around but it seems the old tech forum is gone --- unless I missed it ?

I came back to live on the Gold Coast almost 2 years for the first time in 25 years ago . It's beautiful here. But who am I kidding. I love Asia and I am now making plans to go back to good ol' Nippon.

For the past year or so I have been working on a children's book. It's a tribute to the owner of the kindergarten where I taught part time from 1995 - 2016 (on and off) . Sadly, he passed away in 2016.

This is a site that I made for the book: MISTER KUSHIDA BOOKS - Home

The reason I have come to you good teakdoorers, is to help me with a technical issue that is driving me absolutely bonkas.

I am self publishing the book on amazon. I have uploaded the ebook but I am getting errors on the pdf file for printing.

I only have photoshop and the apple software 'pages' to save pdf files . In photoshop, the book pages go to the top right corner (not centered) and the file I have just tried to upload saved in pages is strange - half of the book is fine and has no errors and half has errors - so the amazon software cannot print. I have been making phone calls and emailing support but they are useless.

I have chosen the 8.5" x 8.5" book size and as far as I know, I don't need a bleed if I save it as a pdf? If I need to add bleeds or margins, what are they?

This is literally the final step to get the book on paperback and I have been stuck on this step of uploading the pdf for print for a week now. Some numpty just emailed me from amazon support - the fourth person in four days. Todd told me I have errors and need to fix them. That's what the support person told me yesterday before dissapearing. I'm sure I won't hear back from Todd either ....

will post some screenshots in a little while ...

Yo Wally....

https://download.cnet.com/PrimoPDF/3...-10264577.html

I use this for printing pdfs. Free and works quite well. Maybe give it a whirl?

Sorry, printing to pdf.

If you plan going to Japan again, may I suggest short visa trips to Laos.

^I really should have learned by now not to try and make sense of your posts.

Preferably with BLD

Originally Posted by nidhogg

https://download.cnet.com/PrimoPDF/3...-10264577.html

I use this for printing pdfs. Free and works quite well. Maybe give it a whirl?

- thanks but I am a macintosh spastic

wally if your set up is the same as the last time I saw it that may be your problem. It maybe just all too out dated to be compatible with the high tech of today. pm coming...

Stop panicking everyone!

I did it!

I downloaded Acrobat DC and saved the file in this program ... it worked!

Originally Posted by cyrille

^I really should have learned by now not to try and make sense of your posts.

I think Za-NZD was the refernce.

Simple Sybil has always been a bit slow, what's obvious to everyone else takes him a day or two to catch on.....

I think most of us could work out he meant the david44 post just above without too much bother.

Burirambore is closing in on a half century of posts on the za thread and I haven't read the saga, so for once in his life he had an edge.

Personally speaking, perhaps he should just forget about the vanity - self publishing route and try Penguin. If no one wants it then just put it up on the web somewhere and leave it at that.

spoke too soon ..... still having problems with the bleed settings.

have inserted 0 on the left and 0.125 in all three other directions

FFS wally, you used to be the guru everyone went to for tech advice, the world is going to the dogs

^ Welcome back. Still living the kinda life that Dillinger could only dream of?

Hope ya good Wally.

Cute little trailer.....

Hope its the start of something great mate!

Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles

The reason I have come to you good teakdoorers, is to help me with a technical issue .

bollicks......you’ve come here for free advertising and to promote your kangaroo book you lying flouncy fukker


well....... someone had to say it

Originally Posted by Dillinger

promote your kangaroo book

ffs it is pouch sized, is your tackle?

I think Dory Wally on Waffles might appeal to kids more, just a tawt?

Originally Posted by Dillinger

bollicks......you’ve come here for free advertising and to promote your kangaroo book you lying flouncy fukker


well....... someone had to say it

hehe .... no. I really do need help. That said, the more links on the WWW the better innit