It occurred to me after making the previous video, , that you may not be getting the highest resolution version of document images when you download them from Ancestry.com. If you aren’t selecting the 200% resolution version you’ll want to see this video to learn how it’s done.
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Ben, this is a very informative video and I’m sure your followers will get a lot out of it. I wanted to add something for you to try. I’m a Mac user. I try to streamline my work on Ancestry as much as possible. When I get to the image I want, change it to 200%, I can just drag and drop it on the “Preview” screen, crop out the background, and print from there or save it in a format I need. Try this. It might save a few steps in the process.
Keep up the videos… they are extremely helpful.
I have good luck using the Print features of the Ancestry Page you mention at the 1:29 mark. But I take it a step further and choose the second option, image with source and record information and Save As PDF to my DevonThinkPro database.
I did test with the a document set at 50% on screen and 200% on screen before printing and that workflow produces the PDF at the 200% size automatically. Both PDF documents were 333k in the example I tried and both allowed me to zoom in Preview to full resolution. Plus, the source information is always included with the two page PDF file.