Has anyone worked round the fact that when you purchase a .tif file from the
MO your software doesn't recognise it as such - i.e. gives it a windows
icon?




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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 08:25:05 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
trevor@nospamweatherdot4dinternetdocodotuk wrote:

Has anyone worked round the fact that when you purchase a .tif file from the
MO your software doesn't recognise it as such - i.e. gives it a windows
icon?



Tagged Image Format files should be recognised by MS Paint as an image
file at least.

Right click on the icon as you hold down the shift key and go to "Open
with..."

Scroll down the list for a suitable image program such as Paint Shop
Pro or one of the free ones you can download, such as Irfanview.

Put a tick in the "always use this program for ...etc ". Your icons
should now change.

Martin





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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 08:25:05 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
trevor@nospamweatherdot4dinternetdocodotuk wrote:

Has anyone worked round the fact that when you purchase a .tif file
from the
MO your software doesn't recognise it as such - i.e. gives it a
windows
icon?



Tagged Image Format files should be recognised by MS Paint as an image
file at least.

Right click on the icon as you hold down the shift key and go to "Open
with..."

Scroll down the list for a suitable image program such as Paint Shop
Pro or one of the free ones you can download, such as Irfanview.


... if all else fails, try using MS Word, and then the 'Insert' ... '
Picture ' ... 'From File ', then select 'All files' and TIF's are one of
the formats recognised.

Martin.


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"JPG" wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 08:25:05 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
trevor@nospamweatherdot4dinternetdocodotuk wrote:

Has anyone worked round the fact that when you purchase a .tif file from
the
MO your software doesn't recognise it as such - i.e. gives it a windows
icon?



Tagged Image Format files should be recognised by MS Paint as an image
file at least.

Right click on the icon as you hold down the shift key and go to "Open
with..."

Scroll down the list for a suitable image program such as Paint Shop
Pro or one of the free ones you can download, such as Irfanview.

Put a tick in the "always use this program for ...etc ". Your icons
should now change.

Martin


I use Irfanview, and I have it set for being the default application for tif
files, but they alway appear with a windows icon until after I've opened
them once

Trevor




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JPG wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 08:25:05 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
trevor@nospamweatherdot4dinternetdocodotuk wrote:

Has anyone worked round the fact that when you purchase a .tif file
from the MO your software doesn't recognise it as such - i.e. gives
it a windows icon?



Tagged Image Format files should be recognised by MS Paint as an image
file at least.

Right click on the icon as you hold down the shift key and go to "Open
with..."

Scroll down the list for a suitable image program such as Paint Shop
Pro or one of the free ones you can download, such as Irfanview.

Put a tick in the "always use this program for ...etc ". Your icons
should now change.

Martin

For those with XP the 'Windows Picture and Fax Viewer' is quick and
simple - right click the file and from 'Open with' it's in the
Recommended Programs group. It's more capable than you might think from
seeing its odd interface. For the hawk-eyed the icons can be set to a
thumbnail preview.

Regards,
Tom

Tom

You may have 'purchased' it in T4 format which is a WMO version of a TIF
file, and that wouldn't display in any of the programs mentioned. Get back
to the people you purchased it from and ask for it in TIF and not T4 format.

Bruce.

"Tom Allen" wrote in message
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JPG wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 08:25:05 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
trevor@nospamweatherdot4dinternetdocodotuk wrote:

Has anyone worked round the fact that when you purchase a .tif file
from the MO your software doesn't recognise it as such - i.e. gives
it a windows icon?



Tagged Image Format files should be recognised by MS Paint as an image
file at least.

Right click on the icon as you hold down the shift key and go to "Open
with..."

Scroll down the list for a suitable image program such as Paint Shop
Pro or one of the free ones you can download, such as Irfanview.

Put a tick in the "always use this program for ...etc ". Your icons
should now change.

Martin

For those with XP the 'Windows Picture and Fax Viewer' is quick and
simple - right click the file and from 'Open with' it's in the
Recommended Programs group. It's more capable than you might think from
seeing its odd interface. For the hawk-eyed the icons can be set to a
thumbnail preview.

Regards,
Tom

You may have 'purchased' it in T4 format which is a WMO version of a TIF
file, and that wouldn't display in any of the programs mentioned. Get back
to the people you purchased it from and ask for it in TIF and not T4
format.



I don't think there's any choice in the way its provided. Its a case of
logging in to the website purchasing the product and saving it. I don't
suppose they'd re-hash the whole website just for me.

Its not a major problem as I can choose which application to open it with,
and open it.

Its just that with downloading say 12 charts at 3 am, when it takes 12
clicks to print each off, any way of speeding this up would be useful.






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News wrote:
Tom

You may have 'purchased' it in T4 format which is a WMO version of a
TIF file, and that wouldn't display in any of the programs mentioned.
Get back to the people you purchased it from and ask for it in TIF
and not T4 format.

Bruce.


Bruce,
It wasn't me Guv honest !

BTW, T4 is just a compression method, one of those which can be used
within TIF files ( used for single bit black and white images, eg. fax)
nothing peculiar to the WMO although the T4 bulletin form is.

See http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/tiff.shtml

Regards,
Tom

"Trevor Appleton" trevor@nospamweatherdot4dinternetdocodotuk wrote in
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You may have 'purchased' it in T4 format which is a WMO version of a TIF
file, and that wouldn't display in any of the programs mentioned. Get
back
to the people you purchased it from and ask for it in TIF and not T4
format.



I don't think there's any choice in the way its provided. Its a case of
logging in to the website purchasing the product and saving it. I don't
suppose they'd re-hash the whole website just for me.

Its not a major problem as I can choose which application to open it with,
and open it.

Its just that with downloading say 12 charts at 3 am, when it takes 12
clicks to print each off, any way of speeding this up would be useful.



Have tried various methods given he

http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/tiff.shtml

with no luck

has anyone used any viewer successfully?




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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:48:31 -0000, Trevor Appleton wrote in

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Have tried various methods given he

http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/tiff.shtml

with no luck

has anyone used any viewer successfully?

Trevor - This is what I use and have for the last 10 or so years, when I
first had bother viewing those very same .TIF files. This is a link to a
free trial version of ACDSee. It's quite a big package now - around 13MB
from memory, but it will work. Worth a look anyway.

http://www.acdsystems.com/English/Pr...=TrialMedCM-EN

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