Hi Ian I stand corrected! I stopped reading when I reached the sentence "You can however definitely download the scans to disc by right-clicking on the page link and selecting "Save Target As"." because my browser does not get as far as this. Instead of a page link with a "Save Taregt As" option or a pop-up window with a choice of Open or Save, all I get is a window with an icon that usually represents a broken link. You didn't say where you found Alternatiff - if it's quick and easy I might install it. Regards Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Brooke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 12:46 AM Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > Hi Mary, > What you say here is not entirely correct. It *is* possible to open a scan in IE 6 under XP Pro via the general public link IF you have the "Alternatiff" scan viewer that I mentioned in my previous email. Having opened it on screen it is also then possible to save it to disc. > Ian > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mary Trevan > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > > > Sorry Ian, but like several other helpful people on this list who have been > praising Irfanview, you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick. > > The new route available to the general public which uses page > http://images.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/choose.pl does *not* provide any way of > downloading the image. > > This does *not* affect the existing mechanism for transcribers, just the > mechanism for the general public to view the scans using the new button on > the home page. The reason for the problem is a bug in Internet Explorer and > it affects a number of version of OS, including XP. The fixes are different > per OS, but for XP it requires an upgrade of XP itself (or change to using > another browser!) > > And since I was only trying it to test out the new software before it went > live, I do not need to fix the problem on my PC, so please, no more offers > to help solve my 'problem' :o) > > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Brooke" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:02 PM > Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > > > > Hi Ted, > > I also have problems using XP Pro and I can't open the scans in the manner > you describe either. You can however definitely download the scans to disc > by right-clicking on the page link and selecting "Save Target As". It is > also possible to open them 'on screen' but only by using a different scan > viewer - there's one called "Alternatiff" which can add it's own toolbar to > IE and when you click on a tiff in IE the new viewer opens and displays it - > it's not as good as Irfan though (it only has 90 degree rotates and 1 level > of zoom) but it works fine for me. > > Ian > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ted Southcombe > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:41 PM > > Subject: Re: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > > > > > > Sorry Garry, but there is a deeper problem. I have always had all > graphics > > files including TIF and TIFF associated with Irfanview in File Types. > > Downloads from the existing Scan Source site have always opened opened > with > > no problems. It's just the new procedure which sends the downloaded > file > > directly to Internet Explorer > > that causes problems as there is no step to save the downloading file to > a > > folder. I gather from correspondance here and on Soc.genealogy.britain > that > > I'm not the only one experiancing this diffilulty. > > > > I'm happy to wait until Dave and his team resolve the situation in their > > own time. Maybe XP SP2 will resolve these problems when it eventually > > arrives ? > > > > Ted > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kiwiz" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:31 AM > > Subject: How to View TIF/TIFF files in XP > > > > > > > > > > Hello Ted > > > I have XP-PRO SP1 and you can make XP open tifs with Irfranview; > > > Open Explorer - RIGHT-click on START > > > On Menu select Tools - Folder Options > > > Click on File Types tab > > > Scroll down to TIF under Extensions > > > Select Change (TIFF will change too) > > > You should have Irfranview as a choice - select it > > > If it's not there go Browse and find Irfranview > > > Click on Ok > > > Open a tif file from FreeBMD and it should open in Irfranview > > > > > > also applies to Win98,Mil,2000 with slight variations in options > > > > > > Garry > > > Kiwiz Syndicate Co-ordinator > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Ted Southcombe > > > To: Kiwiz ; [email protected] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:17 AM > > > Subject: Re: Viewing Tif/tiff files > > > Yes, Irfanview is great and I use it. But it's not the answer > here - > > the > > > downloads won't open in my Internet Explorer running under XP Home > SP1. > > I > > > have no problems with TIF, TIFF files in any other respect including > > > downloads using the existing procedure. > > > Ted Southcombe > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kiwiz" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:36 AM > > > Subject: Viewing Tif/tiff files > > > > > > > For those having trouble with tiff files. > > > > This Viewer is my favorite for viewing scans, it's easy to use and > one > > can > > > flick backwards and forwards to other scans quickly. 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