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El Macman

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New book is available
« on: May 25, 2011, 06:39:59 PM »
Got the new book and IR Casebook (electronic).
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2011, 06:49:04 PM »
ok - what's the secret? eAt&  It's not on the CFO's main page
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2011, 06:51:55 PM »
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2011, 07:02:46 PM »
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El Macman

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2011, 08:37:09 PM »
The first thing I notice right away is the format - some sort of tall, narrow proportioning. I guess I won't have a nice 5" x 6 1/2" booklet any more. Looks like it will be more like 5" x nearly 8". Hmm. Not sure I like that, but it could grow on me.
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Offline Osric Pureheart

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2011, 07:15:05 AM »
Quote from: El Macman on May 25, 2011, 08:37:09 PM
Not sure I like that, but it could grow on me.

...surely it already has grown on you?

 ;D ;D ;D
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Offline Sonofanump

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2011, 11:39:03 AM »
It's gone from 260 pages to 197?

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Offline Andrew McCarthy

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2011, 01:35:53 PM »
Looks like the bookmarks by chapter (Rule #) are not there.
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El Macman

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2011, 03:43:23 PM »
Quote from: Sonofanump on May 26, 2011, 11:39:03 AM
It's gone from 260 pages to 197?



Mostly due to the new page formatting.
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2011, 08:07:15 AM »
Quote from: El Macman on May 25, 2011, 08:37:09 PM
The first thing I notice right away is the format - some sort of tall, narrow proportioning. I guess I won't have a nice 5" x 6 1/2" booklet any more. Looks like it will be more like 5" x nearly 8". Hmm. Not sure I like that, but it could grow on me.

Adobe Acrobat says the page size is 5.25 x 7.00 inches.
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El Macman

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2011, 11:55:07 AM »
Quote from: bafra31 on May 27, 2011, 08:07:15 AM
Adobe Acrobat says the page size is 5.25 x 7.00 inches.

That's page 1. Check page FR-43, for example.
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2011, 12:13:18 PM »
Use the function on your printer to "fit to printable area" and it will come out perfect for a three ring binder or the perforated rings.
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El Macman

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2011, 02:58:42 PM »
Quote from: RickWts on May 27, 2011, 12:13:18 PM
Use the function on your printer to "fit to printable area" and it will come out perfect for a three ring binder or the perforated rings.

Absolutely. Good for old folks like me that need large print.  :-\

But, I am looking for the classic old rule book size, to bind with a wire spiral binder, as I've done for many, many years now. Ain't gonna get it, though, unless I shrink the book artificially, to fit. Then the text gets unacceptably small. So, it looks like it will be about a 6" x 8" booklet (with text at the default print size). I am really curious what size the printed books will be. We'll see in July, I guess.
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Offline Andrew McCarthy

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2011, 02:59:19 PM »
Another annoying thing- at least for me- is that they removed the section numbers from the header.  Instead of Rule 9-2 or whatever, it now just says Rule 9 on every page.
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2011, 07:11:24 PM »
This is minor: in the Summary of Penalties section the * on the "O" column is not defined in the new book.  The last book it was defined incorrectly (typo) on page FR-147 and correctly on FR-148 and 149.  Also the AR pages are numbered without the "FI" preceding the page number.
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2011, 04:32:08 AM »
Quote from: El Macman on May 27, 2011, 11:55:07 AM
That's page 1. Check page FR-43, for example.
Well spotted! It looks like the outside covers are a different size from the rest.

The random selection of inside pages that I sampled are all 5.88 x 8.75 inches.
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2011, 06:52:32 AM »
The big reason for the fewer number of pages is that they took out the FI section on replay.
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2011, 10:03:40 AM »
I have printed and bound my copy, I like the feel of the book, thinner and I think easier to thumb through.
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2011, 09:25:43 AM »
Quote from: Andrew McCarthy on May 27, 2011, 02:59:19 PM
Another annoying thing- at least for me- is that they removed the section numbers from the header.  Instead of Rule 9-2 or whatever, it now just says Rule 9 on every page.

This is the worst part about the new book.  Trying to find a rule reference quickly is a lot more difficult.
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2011, 04:56:04 PM »
Not if you have it in pdf and use the 'find' function.
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Re: New book is available
« Reply #20 on: June 06, 2011, 09:22:33 AM »
Quote from: elewis023 on June 03, 2011, 09:25:43 AM
This is the worst part about the new book.  Trying to find a rule reference quickly is a lot more difficult.


Agreed.  Was at our study group meeting yesterday and this was extremely frustrating.
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SMATX

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #21 on: June 06, 2011, 03:33:05 PM »
In the AR section, in Rule 10 does anyone have a page 58?  In the pdf version I downloaded, it appears to mistakenly have placed this page "Index to Editorial Changes" where page 58 should have been. 
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Offline Andrew McCarthy

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #22 on: June 06, 2011, 03:54:58 PM »
Quote from: SMATX on June 06, 2011, 03:33:05 PM
In the AR section, in Rule 10 does anyone have a page 58?  In the pdf version I downloaded, it appears to mistakenly have placed this page "Index to Editorial Changes" where page 58 should have been. 

Mine has the proper Page 58.
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SMATX

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Re: New book is available
« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2011, 04:15:24 PM »
Okay, thanks.  I will go and down load it again then. 
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