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The
Thinking Material Requirements Guide
The who, what, where and how to supply material to
Thinking.
Use this
page as a Guide on how to supply material to Thinking so
that time is not lost nor workflow delayed.
Step
1
The most important rule and the
simplest of all -
We can basically open any image file as long as you do
one thing...
ENSURE
EVERY FILE YOU SEND HAS AN EXTENSION.
Thinking
works on a PC/Windows 98/NT/2000 platform. Unlike Apple
machines, the system requires each file to have an
extension so that it knows which program to use to open
the file.
For example the file format should be -
"filename" - "full
point" - "extension"
eg:
filename.eps
filename.tif
filename.gif
etc
NB: Please do not use symbols
such as "/ \ { } ? < > , & # @ % *"
in the file name. These symbols have a different meaning
in the Windows and UNIX environment. The only symbols
that are really safe are the trusty "underscore
(_)" or "hyphen (-)". Also try to use
only one full point just before the extension.
WITHOUT THESE IN PLACE WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT FILE IT IS
AND HOW TO USE IT. IT MAY BE RETURNED TO YOU AND WORK
STOPPED UNTIL THE FILE IS DEFINED.
To help you, in the right hand column is a list of all
the programs used at Thinking and the extensions needed
to open files created in these programs.
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Step
2
Files
to include:
With any files, the safest thing is to assume
we will have to rebuild the entire file from scratch.
1) Always add a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file so
we know how it is supposed to look.
2) Include everything needed to create the files -
- the original file
- image files
- text or word files
- etc
See
the description of software programs available at
Thinking and their extension in the column to the right
of this page.
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Sending a Microsoft Word
File -
Include
- A
PDF (Adobe Acrobat) so that we know exactly what should
be available
- The Word document (.doc)
- All images (tiff, jpegs, bmp, etc)
- All line artwork of logos etc (these are usually in
eps or wmf format)
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Sending a Quark Xpress
File -
Include
- A
PDF (Adobe Acrobat) so that we know exactly the file
looks like and what files should be available
- The Xpress document (.qxd)
- All images (tiff, jpegs, bmp, etc)
- All line artwork of logos etc (these are usually in
eps or wmf format
- All linked text files (ASCII, Word)
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Word
files
Quark
Files
Step
1
The most
important rule
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Symbols
not to use
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Step
2
Files to
include
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Software
Programs available at Thinking and their
extensions -
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Adobe:
Illustrator (.ai)
Photoshop (.psd)
InDesign (.indd)
Acrobat (.pdf)
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Microsoft:
Word (.doc)
Excel (.xls)
Powerpoint (.ppt)
Access (.mdb)
FrontPage (.html)
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Macromedia:
Fireworks (.png)
Freehand (.FH9)
Flash (.fla)
Dreamweaver (.html)
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Quark:
Xpress 4 (.qxd)
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Quicktime:
Version 4 (.mov)
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Windows
Media Player:
Version 7
(.mov, .mpg, .asf,)
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Compressed
files:
(.zip)
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