Bound book and ATF F 5300.5

kalister1 · Oct 9, 2012

I did a right click on the .XLS file and SAVE AS to save it to the desktop. Then click on it to open. If you do not have Microsoft Office you can download "Open Office". It is a free MS office viewer, I THINK? you can print from it?

Machodoc · Oct 9, 2012

Threeband said:
None of those yield anything printable for me.
I would love to find something that works and can be printed.

I'll be glad to help you get something that will work, but the reality is that we're doing this via the internet, so we have to work with available tools. I'm attaching a PDF file to this post, but you'll have to have something like Adobe Reader to view and print it.

http://get.adobe.com/reader/ will let you download a free copy of the reader, but you may want to un-check the box that also downloads the McAfee trial software.

Let me know what you have to work with. Do you have Microsoft Word or Open Office? I'll be glad to put it into a format that you can use. If you don't have those, send me your USPS mailing address in a private message and I'll mail a copy for you to photocopy.

Machodoc · Oct 9, 2012

kalister1 said:
I did a right click on the .XLS file and SAVE AS to save it to the desktop. Then click on it to open. If you do not have Microsoft Office you can download "Open Office". It is a free MS office viewer, I THINK? you can print from it?

Open Office is actually a free (contribute what it's worth to you) software suite that has products that parallel those in Microsoft Office. It's not by Microsoft at all ... but yes, you can open all of the files that are created in MS Office, print them, etc., etc. It's the best deal on the internet!

http://www.openoffice.org/

MJD438 · Oct 9, 2012

Threeband said:
None of those yield anything printable for me.
I would love to find something that works and can be printed.

That last one, I can get on the screen, but what actually prints is only a partial rendering of blank boxes. The only text is a blurb across the top about "times new roman blah blah". It prints on two pages (last two columns on the second page).

Below is a scan of the first page. Obviously less than useless. I might as well get a pencil and straightedge and draw my own boxes, then xerox it. Either that or go on using that same "non-columnar" form I and everybody else has been using for years.

I am not a computer person. All I do is the internet, e-mail, and store photos. The only word processor I use is the default basic "Word Pad" thing. If that won't do what I want, I get out my manual typewriter.

Is there any blank form that prints one one page, that I can xerox and fill in by hand?

I slightly modified the one that J8064 created in Excel. I took out the Page 1 through Page 10 and just listed the header as Page ____ (so that an individual can just add the next page number when a new page is added to the book) and made it a PDF. As others have stated, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, FoxIt PDF Reader, or some other PDF software to open the file.

Threeband · Oct 9, 2012

Hey! That works great! Thank you.

Now I can get back to testing the vacuum tubes in my Victrola.

Machodoc · Oct 10, 2012

Threeband said:
Hey! That works great! Thank you.

Now I can get back to testing the vacuum tubes in my Victrola.

Funny! You've touched on one of my other former basement-filling hobbies, and you know that Victrolas never had toobs. Just keep crankin' and open the doors up all the way on that thing.

dgapilot · Jun 11, 2013

Machodoc, another suggestion for improvement, Leave space at the tope to put Name, Address, and FFL-03 Number. That way there is no question as to who's book ATF will be looking at.

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