Viewing and saving .tif files

[Guest]

Have a laptop and a desktop, both with XP home & IE6. Laptop will open .tif
files in the included MS FAX & Picture Viewer, desktop will only give me a
blank page with the little square icon in the upper left corner on the same
web page. What do I need on the desktop computer to open and save TIF &/or
TIFF files?

 

[Carl M. Thomas]

You'll need to get a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro or Microsoft
PhotoDraw or any number of that type. Try Google to find a shareware or
freeware program if all you want to do is open and view and do other simple
things to the file images; the ones I named are too expensive for just that.

Good lucj,

Carl

 

[Guest]

I have ArcSoft Photo Impression 3, PhotoShop Elements, MS Paint, and MS
Windows Picture and FAX Viewer, what I don't have is some way to direct the
..TIF file I'm trying to download and view to one of those programs. When I
click on the 'View Map From Imaging' [the ONLY option] in the website I'm
using, after a period of time the IE page goes blank but for the little
square icon upper left. No option to download is presented, no program opens
with the map in .TIF format.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Mike - The Alterna TIFF plug-in works very nicely in IE (except maybe for
some special multi-page stuff occasionally), free, here:
http://www.alternatiff.com/

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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I have ArcSoft Photo Impression 3, PhotoShop Elements, MS Paint, and
MS Windows Picture and FAX Viewer, what I don't have is some way to
direct the .TIF file I'm trying to download and view to one of those
programs. When I click on the 'View Map From Imaging' [the ONLY
option] in the website I'm using, after a period of time the IE page
goes blank but for the little square icon upper left. No option to
download is presented, no program opens with the map in .TIF format.

You'll need to get a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro or
Microsoft PhotoDraw or any number of that type. Try Google to find
a shareware or freeware program if all you want to do is open and
view and do other simple things to the file images; the ones I named
are too expensive for just that.

Good lucj,

Carl

 

[David Senior [MVP - Most Valuable Provocateur]]

You need to have PAINT in your system To check this try this:

Start, All Programs, Accessories

Now you should be able to to a paint program listed here. Launch this and then do this:

File, Open
Change file of type to: All Picture Files

Hope this helps.
Dick Chenney's (VP USA) daughters are lesbians and John Kerry has made sure the whole world knows about it!
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Have a laptop and a desktop, both with XP home & IE6. Laptop will open .tif
files in the included MS FAX & Picture Viewer, desktop will only give me a
blank page with the little square icon in the upper left corner on the same
web page. What do I need on the desktop computer to open and save TIF &/or
TIFF files?

--
I use non Microsoft products wherever possible which requires no activation.

I use Netscape 7.2 as my default browser which has everything I need for my work.

I believe in good Financial Management!! I do not believe in enriching rich jerks!

 

[David Senior [MVP - Most Valuable Provocateur]]

You need to have PAINT in your system To check this try this:

Start, All Programs, Accessories

Now you should be able to to a paint program listed here. Launch this and then do this:

File, Open
Change file of type to: All Picture Files

Hope this helps.
Dick Chenney's (VP USA) daughters are lesbians and John Kerry has made sure the whole world knows about it!
http://www.microscum.com/ns/mlslies/index.htm

Have a laptop and a desktop, both with XP home & IE6. Laptop will open .tif
files in the included MS FAX & Picture Viewer, desktop will only give me a
blank page with the little square icon in the upper left corner on the same
web page. What do I need on the desktop computer to open and save TIF &/or
TIFF files?

--
I use non Microsoft products wherever possible which requires no activation.

I use Netscape 7.2 as my default browser which has everything I need for my work.

I believe in good Financial Management!! I do not believe in enriching rich jerks!

 

[Guest]

Well, Alterna TIFF worked, but I'm not sure if it was the program or having
to reset the Active-X settings in IE during the install that make the
difference. Whatever...I can now view & save TIFF/TIF files. Thank you

Hi Mike - The Alterna TIFF plug-in works very nicely in IE (except maybe for
some special multi-page stuff occasionally), free, here:
http://www.alternatiff.com/

--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In

I have ArcSoft Photo Impression 3, PhotoShop Elements, MS Paint, and
MS Windows Picture and FAX Viewer, what I don't have is some way to
direct the .TIF file I'm trying to download and view to one of those
programs. When I click on the 'View Map From Imaging' [the ONLY
option] in the website I'm using, after a period of time the IE page
goes blank but for the little square icon upper left. No option to
download is presented, no program opens with the map in .TIF format.

You'll need to get a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro or
Microsoft PhotoDraw or any number of that type. Try Google to find
a shareware or freeware program if all you want to do is open and
view and do other simple things to the file images; the ones I named
are too expensive for just that.

Good lucj,

Carl

message Have a laptop and a desktop, both with XP home & IE6. Laptop will
open ..tif files in the included MS FAX & Picture Viewer, desktop
will only give me a blank page with the little square icon in the
upper left corner on the same web page. What do I need on the
desktop computer to open and save TIF &/or TIFF files?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Have a laptop and a desktop, both with XP home & IE6. Laptop will open .tif
files in the included MS FAX & Picture Viewer, desktop will only give me a
blank page with the little square icon in the upper left corner on the same
web page. What do I need on the desktop computer to open and save TIF &/or
TIFF files?

If you don't have any third-party programs taking over the default
associations for graphic imaging, you can restore default associations
by Run... (e.g. press Win-R and enter

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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[Jim Byrd]

YW, Mike.

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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Well, Alterna TIFF worked, but I'm not sure if it was the program or
having to reset the Active-X settings in IE during the install that
make the difference. Whatever...I can now view & save TIFF/TIF
files. Thank you

Hi Mike - The Alterna TIFF plug-in works very nicely in IE (except
maybe for some special multi-page stuff occasionally), free, here:
http://www.alternatiff.com/

--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In

I have ArcSoft Photo Impression 3, PhotoShop Elements, MS Paint, and
MS Windows Picture and FAX Viewer, what I don't have is some way to
direct the .TIF file I'm trying to download and view to one of those
programs. When I click on the 'View Map From Imaging' [the ONLY
option] in the website I'm using, after a period of time the IE page
goes blank but for the little square icon upper left. No option to
download is presented, no program opens with the map in .TIF format.

:

You'll need to get a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro or
Microsoft PhotoDraw or any number of that type. Try Google to find
a shareware or freeware program if all you want to do is open and
view and do other simple things to the file images; the ones I
named are too expensive for just that.

Good lucj,

Carl

message Have a laptop and a desktop, both with XP home & IE6. Laptop will
open ..tif files in the included MS FAX & Picture Viewer, desktop
will only give me a blank page with the little square icon in the
upper left corner on the same web page. What do I need on the
desktop computer to open and save TIF &/or TIFF files?

 

[Carl M. Thomas]

Actually, I remember opening TIFF files in IE6. I know I didn't have
Alterna's plug-in, but must have had something. Turns out the QuickTime
plug-in from Apple is what I have and it works for TIFF as well as MOV
files - and a few others as well.

Carl

Hi Mike - The Alterna TIFF plug-in works very nicely in IE (except maybe for
some special multi-page stuff occasionally), free, here:
http://www.alternatiff.com/

--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In

I have ArcSoft Photo Impression 3, PhotoShop Elements, MS Paint, and
MS Windows Picture and FAX Viewer, what I don't have is some way to
direct the .TIF file I'm trying to download and view to one of those
programs. When I click on the 'View Map From Imaging' [the ONLY
option] in the website I'm using, after a period of time the IE page
goes blank but for the little square icon upper left. No option to
download is presented, no program opens with the map in .TIF format.

You'll need to get a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro or
Microsoft PhotoDraw or any number of that type. Try Google to find
a shareware or freeware program if all you want to do is open and
view and do other simple things to the file images; the ones I named
are too expensive for just that.

Good lucj,

Carl

message Have a laptop and a desktop, both with XP home & IE6. Laptop will
open ..tif files in the included MS FAX & Picture Viewer, desktop
will only give me a blank page with the little square icon in the
upper left corner on the same web page. What do I need on the
desktop computer to open and save TIF &/or TIFF files?

 

[Carl M. Thomas]

Ah, yes - an enlightening technical response. Of course, Kerry's daughter
made sure we know she has tits They take a nice picture, too.

You need to have PAINT in your system To check this try this:

Start, All Programs, Accessories

Now you should be able to to a paint program listed here. Launch this and then do this:

File, Open
Change file of type to: All Picture Files

Hope this helps.
Dick Chenney's (VP USA) daughters are lesbians and John Kerry has made

sure the whole world knows about it!