Making Things Difficult Without Realizing It

Awhile ago I got the brainy idea that I would like to turn a couple of my blogs into ebooks.  That idea was put on the back burner until a few days ago when I decided to revisit that idea.  I found BlogBooker that will painlessly turn your blog into an ebook.  What it does is take the xml file of your downloaded blog then turn it into a pdf file.  From there you have to do a bit of editing of the pdf file to add things like cover, dedication, and any extras that you want.  I reasoned I needed to get a pdf editor since neither Preview or Acrobat Reader allow editing so off I went on a Google search.  About the fourth link down and without even clicking on the link I discovered my much beloved Photoshop® is quite capable of pdf editing as well as editing pdf files.  Alrighty then!  Talk about making things a bit more difficult without realizing it.

In fairness I had Photoshop® on my laptop then transferred it to this computer and aside of occasionally resizing a photo did not use it.  Then one day back in 2006 I wanted to make a blinkie for one of my blogs so decided to start learning how to use Photoshop®.  Honestly I now use Photoshop® on a daily basis and it only gets shut down if the computer is off.  Not once did I realize I could use Photoshop® to make and edit pdf files and I can even make pdf presentations!  I learn something new about this program every time I use it but I certainly did not realize that it had pdf capabilities.  I'm amazed!  As a blogging tool Photoshop® can't be beat.

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