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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:18 pm 
 

Hi folks, I am a Mac user who is thinking about picking up a copy of the (apparently) Windows-only Dragon Magazine Archive.  Has anyone here successfully used that on a Mac?

  

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:27 pm 
 

Since the files are PDFs, you shouldn't have a problem opening them if you have Adobe Acrobat.  Supposedly the viewer can be used with Mac PC emulation software but it's nothing great anyway.  Better off to just browse and open them in Acrobat Reader.

  


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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:32 pm 
 

Thanks for the comment.  Do you own the CD's?  I was wondering if the CD's are browsable and if it is obvious what PDF belongs to what issue, etc.

  

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:22 pm 
 

PDF files are named Drmgxxx.pdf, where xxx is the issue number. Strategic Review files are named Strvxxx.pdf, again where xxx is the issue number.

The browser isn't anything to write home about when it comes to viewing the files, but is excellent for searching through multiple issues.

Last thing to keep in mind: there are several inserts missing from the archive. WotC I believe still has a page up for downloading those files, but they missed one insert, which I have: Creature Catalog I.



  

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Post Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:57 pm 
 

zeeple wrote:Thanks for the comment.  Do you own the CD's?  I was wondering if the CD's are browsable and if it is obvious what PDF belongs to what issue, etc.


But of course...

Yes, it is obvious, as was mentioned previously.

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