Most people have Adobe Acrobat READER which lets you read Acrobat files, but not create them. You need Adobe Acrobat -- the full program -- to actually create these files. Adobe Acrobat files end in ".pdf" for "portable document file".

If you own the full version of Acrobat, it appears on your computer as if it were another printer choice -- usually "adobe distiller".

If you are scanning a photo (as opposed to a document), then saving it as a .jpg file would result in a photo that most anyone can open and view. You can either "point" to it with a link or you can "insert" it into your message.

Here's an example of a LINK to a picture:
http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/images/Navesink_Stairs.jpg


And here's the same image inserted into this message:



I tried printing this jpg file ad a pdf -- it came out as a bunch of squares -- kind of like the TV image of a secret witness.

Come on Sue - you know how to do this.




[This message has been edited by JChidester (edited 07-19-2002).]