PDF experts please help me :(

[Cappuccino]

low tech solution.

print the pages in letter size, cut then stick them together the way you want, photocopy that to legal. done.

also did you look on musescore?

yes i have. no luck though. I think I just use 9 pages -_-
its ok but when you do play it it very annoying flipping pages

 

[IronWing]

so does anyone know how to use an image editor, cut up the bars, stitch them together then shrink it. I pay good money.

It certainly can be done
Down on Highway 61

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Open all pdfs, snip tool them, paste to a mspaint, resize, print that out?

 

[Cappuccino]

Thanks for all the help guys! I think we can end this. I just stick with the 9 pagers

 

[XavierMace]

Isn't flipping pages kinda a fact of life for musicians? I've never been to a musical even where they have sheet music and don't have to flip pages.

 

[RossMAN]

If you can afford GBP 3.72 (USD 5.00) why not hire someone?
https://www.fiverr.com/categories/graphics-design/buy-photos-online-photoshopping

You provide them with 9 pages tell them you want it shrunkenered to 5 pages.
bingo

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

In adobe, you can copy all of the content and past it into word and reformat it in word.

Your other option is to take screen shots (alt-PrtScn) and get the imagery into an image editor and get it all resized. GIMP would be nice for this if you have it. It's free so there is no reason not to but there is a learning curve to it. GIMP __MIGHT__ be able to import PDF files but I have no idea.

Adobe Reader will not do anything for you other than read documents. You need an actual PDF editor to edit the file. If that's not possible, use another program using a method I suggested.

 

[sdifox]

In adobe, you can copy all of the content and past it into word and reformat it in word.

Your other option is to take screen shots (alt-PrtScn) and get the imagery into an image editor and get it all resized. GIMP would be nice for this if you have it. It's free so there is no reason not to but there is a learning curve to it. GIMP __MIGHT__ be able to import PDF files but I have no idea.

Adobe Reader will not do anything for you other than read documents. You need an actual PDF editor to edit the file. If that's not possible, use another program using a method I suggested.

Score is not text...so it will go into word as pictures.

 

[nakedfrog]

Use Finale Notepad (free) to transcribe it to a new document, and print that.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Score is not text...so it will go into word as pictures.

It's a PDF file so I don't know how it is formatted. For all I know it is pieces of paper that was scanned in so the score is actually an image.

 

[sdifox]

It's a PDF file so I don't know how it is formatted. For all I know it is pieces of paper that was scanned in so the score is actually an image.

It is an image

 

[soulcougher73]

Send me the PDF and let me see if i can do it in Bluebeam.

 

[Cappuccino]

Send me the PDF and let me see if i can do it in Bluebeam.

omg thank you! I send you file now

 

[Cappuccino]

Isn't flipping pages kinda a fact of life for musicians? I've never been to a musical even where they have sheet music and don't have to flip pages.

Yes but 9 pages? Flipping pages is fine but it is so messy to read.

If you can afford GBP 3.72 (USD 5.00) why not hire someone?
https://www.fiverr.com/categories/graphics-design/buy-photos-online-photoshopping

You provide them with 9 pages tell them you want it shrunkenered to 5 pages.
bingo

No one seems to understand me and no one seem to know how to do it lol. AT was my last resort because I know you oldies are nerdos!

 

[RossMAN]

No one seems to understand me and no one seem to know how to do it lol. AT was my last resort because I know you oldies are nerdos!

Old fart checking in.

 

[Viper GTS]

This really shouldn't be that hard to do, if nobody else has done this for you yet I'll do it.

One thing I would be sure to do if you end up going the image cut/paste route - render the PDF at a resolution far higher than your desktop.

The finale suggestion is by far the most elegant suggestion here but will take ages. Once you did that however you should be able to do whatever you want with it.

Viper GTS

 

[fralexandr]

There are a variety of tablet app based solutions for page turning :s.

http://magazine.icareifyoulisten.co...pads-apps-make-page-turning-breeze-musicians/