Posted by victoria meissner on 3/23/04 12:11pm
Msg #1246

Helpppppppp!! tif. files...ugh

I received in my efax a tif file..I could not open it. They suggested d/l a tif reader, which I did. On screen it looks fine, but when I print it out, information does not fill page space.. I don't know what to do.. Anyone experienced in this please helpppppppp!! Thanks in advance

Reply by pattijay412 on 3/23/04 7:33pm
Msg #1259

I'm not an expert but it sounds like a picture file like bmp or jpegs. Maybe others will help you more.

Reply by Tom_in_MA on 3/23/04 8:05pm
Msg #1261

You are correct. Tif files are picture files like jpeg, gif and btmp are. Can't understand why docs would be sent in this format unless someone who doesn't know just what they are doing did it. I would think you could open them with any program that will open jpeg files but don't know what you will do with them once they are open.

Reply by victoria meissner on 3/24/04 4:59am
Msg #1262

Thanks so much..think I will call agency and tell em send pd

Reply by Donna McGee on 3/24/04 8:26pm
Msg #1278

Hello Victoria,
.tif files can be opened with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Electronic fax files are usually in .tif format. You can get a free eFax account and use their viewer for .tif files. Check out any "fax by email" software and if they have a viewer available you will be able to view the file.

Reply by victoria meissner on 3/25/04 7:07am
Msg #1281

thanks Donna..was actually problem on agencies end..some sof

Reply by Thomas Vincent on 4/5/04 6:25pm
Msg #1410

Download Apple's quicktime from http://www.apple.com/quicktime for either Windows or Mac . And you can use the picture viewer application to view TIFF's or much anything else that you might run across.

Reply by victoria meissner on 4/6/04 9:16am
Msg #1422

thanks, I have d/l so many programs to help me now..