Hm, I usually write the file format "TIFF," but I think we're talking about the same thing. And oddly, according to Wikpedia, at least, Adobe now owns TIFF. From Wikipedia: Tagged Image File Format (abbreviated TIFF) is a container format for storing images, including photographs and line art. It is now under the ownership of Adobe. Originally created by the company Aldus[1] for use with what was then called "desktop publishing," TIFF is a popular format for color and black and white images. The TIFF format is widely supported by image-manipulation applications, by publishing and page layout applications, by scanning, faxing, word processing, optical character recognition and other applications. [2] Adobe Systems, which acquired Aldus, now holds the copyright to the TIFF specification. So it would seem to me that Microsoft was not allowed to include the TIFF reader functionality, or decided to exclude it out of animosity toward Adobe. Either way, something political, I'm sure. A quick google for "tiff reader" yielded this page, for a Windows-based TIFF viewer called "Brava." http://www.tiffviewer.com/download.htm Good luck, and I look forward to others' suggestions. Conor Cristian Berrio Zapata wrote:
Dear all:
I use to digitalize documents to facilitate my students access to information. It is also quite useful when working with virtual classrooms (i.e. Moodle or Blackboard). Unfortunatelly I have found an unexpected problem:
With MSOffice suite 2003, Microsoft used to include a program called MS Document Imaging produced under licensce of Scan Soft Inc. It is a *.tif reader which is quite useful (pro versions include tools like underline and notes). Big trouble is that MS decided to exclude it from MSOffice suite 2007, so many of my students are blocked when getting to read.
Does anyone of you know about a TIF document reader which is free and has a decent quality?
NOTE: Adobe reader does not reconise TIF as it is the competitors' format.
Thanks for your help.
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