Thursday, December 06, 2007
PowerPoint and the GreenPDF Project
If you use the free Microsoft PowerPoint Add-in that converts ppt files to pdf files, you can take one extra step to be nicer to the environment. You can convert your basic PDF file to a GreenPDF.
Don't print that PDF! A PDF file can be an environmentally friendly way to share information because it is paperless. But Jim Healy, CEO of FormRouter.com and a major supporter of the GreenPDF project, called me to explain that too many people seem programmed to hit that darn "Print" button -- instead of browsing the document online.
From this online PDF presentation at GreenPDF.com, "When you make a PDF and declare it a 'Green PDF,' you help to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. After just one ream not printed due to Green PDF’s, you have reduced carbon dioxide levels by 18.5 pounds and saved your company $5.00."
One ream at a time...The Global Warming Initiative estimates that we could save 80,000 trees and 188,000 tons of Co2 from entering the atmosphere -- if each PDF user in the world would print just one less 10-page PDF file. Hmmmm....maybe that's why there's a picture of Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore shaking Mr. Healy's hand on the home page of GreenPDF?
Raise environmental awareness. The Goal of the GreenPDF project is raise awareness of the issue. By creating a "GreenPDF" you'll remind people to refrain from hitting that blasted "Print" button.
Make every day Earth Day! Go give GreenPDF a whirl!
If you use the free Microsoft PowerPoint Add-in that converts ppt files to pdf files, you can take one extra step to be nicer to the environment. You can convert your basic PDF file to a GreenPDF.Don't print that PDF! A PDF file can be an environmentally friendly way to share information because it is paperless. But Jim Healy, CEO of FormRouter.com and a major supporter of the GreenPDF project, called me to explain that too many people seem programmed to hit that darn "Print" button -- instead of browsing the document online.
From this online PDF presentation at GreenPDF.com, "When you make a PDF and declare it a 'Green PDF,' you help to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. After just one ream not printed due to Green PDF’s, you have reduced carbon dioxide levels by 18.5 pounds and saved your company $5.00."
One ream at a time...The Global Warming Initiative estimates that we could save 80,000 trees and 188,000 tons of Co2 from entering the atmosphere -- if each PDF user in the world would print just one less 10-page PDF file. Hmmmm....maybe that's why there's a picture of Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore shaking Mr. Healy's hand on the home page of GreenPDF?
Raise environmental awareness. The Goal of the GreenPDF project is raise awareness of the issue. By creating a "GreenPDF" you'll remind people to refrain from hitting that blasted "Print" button.
Make every day Earth Day! Go give GreenPDF a whirl!
Labels: Presentation Applications
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