I feel like everyone needs to know this. There's a document format that I've started seeing quite often. It's .xps This format, when you have a software that'll view it, will take the info and make 1/2 of the size of a file that a pdf would. I know when I installed the XPS viewer from Microsoft, that when I go to download or print, I can choose to download to an 'xps' file. So, I can choose to print on my printer or download the file to my computer in an xps file. The XPS file, prints FINE- actually, better than fine. I have started using this format whenever I have the option. It has something to do with xml and by knowing that, I feel like it may be something I may want to switch to.
Microsoft has a free viewer and their are other options out there. I have something called NiXPS that I use. The software I use, I can convert to a pdf document, a tiff format or svg. I think a lot of this kind of software will export to a pdf file. If I get the SAME pdf file and the SAME xps file from the SAME place, chances are the pdf will be close to 2X the size. However, if I chose to make a copy of the xps file a pdf on my computer- the difference is only a few kildbytes.
A lot of files I put on my 'sharing' spots, will be xps files. I have so many pdf and ed movie files that I've filled up my original 320GB hard drive and an extra one I bought 5 months ago (320GB also). So, I've HAD to find something to free up some space. There's only so many dvd's you can burn- LOL
I just wanted y'all to know that this is a file format that you may want to an LEAST find a free viewer for, just so you can print files from other places. You may already have been aware of this format, but I just really started using it about 5 months ago.
You can easily find an xps viewer by typing 'free xps viewer' in your favorite search engine.
~~~~~~~~~~ sharnon
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.