{"id":632,"date":"2008-04-17T22:15:39","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T03:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/2008\/04\/17\/scribd\/"},"modified":"2008-04-18T07:43:22","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T12:43:22","slug":"scribd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/2008\/04\/17\/scribd\/","title":{"rendered":"Scribd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is something I stumbled across today. I was looking for a way to dump a lot of files into an online location so that those files would be easy to access from other sites. My files are Word docs, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. I found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scribd.com\/\">Scribd<\/a>.\u00a0The service is free and you can upload as many files as you like.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the file below.\u00a0 It&#8217;s Alice in Wonderland (a document in the public domain) formatted in Word.\u00a0 I added some pictures and all the formatting found in a normal Word document: page numbers, chapter headings, etc.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\"><script>document.write('<noscript>');<\/script><\/div>\n<p>\t<object codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0\" id=\"embedded_flash_2564850_bvduh_object\" name=\"embedded_flash_2564850_bvduh_object\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" align=\"middle\"\theight=\"500\" width=\"100%\"><param name=\"movie\"\tvalue=\"http:\/\/documents.scribd.com\/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=2564850&#038;access_key=key-2b4izfam2kn6yoxvcv4t&#038;page=&#038;version=1\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><param name=\"play\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"loop\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"scale\" value=\"showall\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\"><param name=\"devicefont\" value=\"false\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><param name=\"menu\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"salign\" value=\"\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/documents.scribd.com\/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=2564850&#038;access_key=key-2b4izfam2kn6yoxvcv4t&#038;page=&#038;version=1\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" play=\"true\" loop=\"true\" scale=\"showall\" wmode=\"opaque\" devicefont=\"false\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" name=\"embedded_flash_2564850_bvduh_object\" menu=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" salign=\"\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" align=\"middle\" height=\"500\" width=\"100%\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\">\t<\/noscript>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src='http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/javascripts\/view.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<div id='embedded_flash_2564850_bvduh' style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><span style=\"display:none\">Read this doc on Scribd: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/2564850\/Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland\">Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland<\/a><\/span>\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:none\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \tvar scribd_doc = new scribd.Document(2564850, 'key-2b4izfam2kn6yoxvcv4t'); \t\t\t\t\t\tscribd_doc.write('embedded_flash_2564850_bvduh');<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Here are a couple of really cool things about the way Scribd handles files.<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; The files are displayed in a browser.\u00a0 The original application (Word,\u00a0Excel, etc) does not have to be installed on\u00a0a machine to see the formatted documents.<\/p>\n<p>2\u00a0&#8211; I can make my files available to the public or keep them private.<\/p>\n<p>3\u00a0&#8211; If I choose to make my files public, I can control the format that is downloaded by public users.\u00a0 I can permit the original file to be downloaded in the original format.\u00a0 Other options include <strong>text only<\/strong> and <strong>PDF<\/strong>.\u00a0 Because one of the download options is PDF, I now have a free web-based file converter.<\/p>\n<p>4 &#8211; All the Creative Commons licensing options are included in the publishing area.<\/p>\n<p>I have uploaded my private document library to the private area.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t tried PowerPoint files.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll upload my eTech presentation as the acid test.\u00a0 If it can handle all 327 slides, I will be impressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is something I stumbled across today. I was looking for a way to dump a lot of files into an online location so that those files would be easy to access from other sites. 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