PDF Blue Book?

duke_toaster · 18 Jun 2007, 16:32 (Ref:1940875)

Hello Ladies and Gents

Is there anywhere where the blue book is available on the 'net (I don't have any involvement with the MSA, be it driving marshalling or so on, I'm just a curious fan- It seems like this is the most logical place to put this even though it isn't really a marshalling issue)? Google is spewing up the usual guff that it does when you put words as common as blue and book in the same query

Zider Drinker · 18 Jun 2007, 16:34 (Ref:1940878)

Never found it, altho the MSA do sell it to anyone off their website...

Grandslammer · 18 Jun 2007, 16:39 (Ref:1940884)

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Originally Posted by Zider Drinker

Never found it, altho the MSA do sell it to anyone off their website...

It's available on the MSA website, in pdf form, once one has registered

duke_toaster · 18 Jun 2007, 16:53 (Ref:1940890)

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Originally Posted by Grandslammer

It's available on the MSA website, in pdf form, once one has registered

Either the site's crap, I need to go to the optician or there is no place to register (I don't have a licence number, I am a "curious fan") ...

EDIT : OK, those quote tags were a bit silly.

Dave Brand · 18 Jun 2007, 18:26 (Ref:1940949)

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Originally Posted by duke_toaster

Either the site's crap, I need to go to the optician or there is no place to register

If you click on 'Login request' on the side menu another box entitled 'Member Sign-Up' will open. However, you do need some form ao MSA membership.

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(I don't have a licence number, I am a "curious fan") ...

The easy answer - get involved. New marshals are always welcome!

chezza · 18 Jun 2007, 18:38 (Ref:1940958)

For some reason the MSA like to keep the blue book a big secret until you have joined the ranks as a marshal (even then you can only get it online and do not get sent a copy) or you have paid them lots of money to get a licence, then they will send you copy.

Its not all that exciting anyway...but it does have some uses...especially as Sec of the meeting when you can start quoting regulation numbers at people to get them off your back.

duke_toaster · 18 Jun 2007, 18:41 (Ref:1940963)

If someone has it and would be as kind as to e-mail it to me, I'll PM my adress

chezza · 18 Jun 2007, 18:42 (Ref:1940965)

Its not as simple as that either...the book is split into sections and each of the sections is a separate pdf file...VERY annoying.

duke_toaster · 18 Jun 2007, 18:49 (Ref:1940971)

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Originally Posted by chezza

Its not as simple as that either...the book is split into sections and each of the sections is a separate pdf file...VERY annoying.

Project Le Mans do a nearly 200 page, 10 meg (biggish for a PDF) one and then they split it up ... what have they been smoking

mmm_five · 18 Jun 2007, 18:52 (Ref:1940973)

It's quite easy to join the sections together if you've got the original PDFs though!

duke_toaster · 18 Jun 2007, 18:59 (Ref:1940986)

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Originally Posted by mmm_five

It's quite easy to join the sections together if you've got the original PDFs though!

Of course, I guess that it might be like the rCraptor demo, I was DLing it and it failed in the last meg

Nighthawk · 19 Jun 2007, 08:00 (Ref:1941385)

I have tried till my fingers hurt to log on to the MSA but it dont accept your marshal licence number

Dave Brand · 19 Jun 2007, 08:15 (Ref:1941399)

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Originally Posted by Nighthawk

I have tried till my fingers hurt to log on to the MSA but it dont accept your marshal licence number

I was getting an 'incorrect date of birth' message when I tried to register. My date of birth wasn't on the MSA's database, so of course the correct date I was entering didn't match.

If you phone the MSA & explain your problem they will sort it for you.

Burnsie · 21 Jan 2010, 13:07 (Ref:2616918)

Bump!

If anyone has a copy of the 2010 Blue Book in one PDF file, could you please let me know? I know it's all on the MSA website, but it's in 39 different files. My copy of last year's Blue Book was in a single PDF, but I can't remember where/who I got it from

Thanks.

Dave Brand · 21 Jan 2010, 16:14 (Ref:2617005)

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Originally Posted by Burnsie

Bump!

If anyone has a copy of the 2010 Blue Book in one PDF file, could you please let me know? I know it's all on the MSA website, but it's in 39 different files. My copy of last year's Blue Book was in a single PDF, but I can't remember where/who I got it from

Thanks.

Last year's Blue Book was on the MSA's website as a single PDF.

TwoSheds · 21 Jan 2010, 19:52 (Ref:2617132)

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Originally Posted by Burnsie

Bump!

If anyone has a copy of the 2010 Blue Book in one PDF file, could you please let me know? I know it's all on the MSA website, but it's in 39 different files. My copy of last year's Blue Book was in a single PDF, but I can't remember where/who I got it from

Thanks.

I've got all the separate files and will attempt to join them together into one PDF tomorrow when I get to work, we have some Adobe software that says it can do joining together of multiple PDFs.

mmm_five · 21 Jan 2010, 20:03 (Ref:2617142)

If you can't get it to work then let me know as I've got the full Acrobat Professional install on my computer and have it already combined.

The only problem I can see is whether the MSA will let us 'redistribute' their document as it's copyrighted.

mmm_five · 21 Jan 2010, 21:36 (Ref:2617179)

Right, I had a few minutes spare this evening, so I've downloaded and combined the chapters into one 7mb file.

The only question I have before I consider uploading/mailing/linking to it is whether I'm okay to do this or not?

The MSA know where I live after all!!!

Dave Brand · 21 Jan 2010, 21:48 (Ref:2617184)

I've done it using the free version of pdfEdit995, downloadable here:

http://www.pdfedit995.com/

fazza · 21 Jan 2010, 22:23 (Ref:2617198)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Brand

I've done it using the free version of pdfEdit995, downloadable here:

http://www.pdfedit995.com/

Thanks dave that a brill program combined the lot in seconds

Thanks
Faz

TwoSheds · 22 Jan 2010, 09:51 (Ref:2617374)

Success! Acrobat Capture did it for me. I now have a 7.6 MB combined PDF.

JimW · 22 Jan 2010, 13:23 (Ref:2617482)

I got a copy on the MSA DVD (I have an officials' license, so get the Blue Book/DVD). Interestingly my copy is 17Mb, not the 7Mb quoted by others.

Jim

mmm_five · 22 Jan 2010, 15:00 (Ref:2617552)

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Originally Posted by JimW

I got a copy on the MSA DVD (I have an officials' license, so get the Blue Book/DVD). Interestingly my copy is 17Mb, not the 7Mb quoted by others.

Jim

It's just down to the levels of compression & resolution that are applied for different uses.

Some of the posters I produce for printing to A0 are 100mb files, but the web version for viewing is only 4mb.

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