>> I think this would be a great idea as well !!  The only question I
>> have,
>> and maybe someone out there can answer this, is, what program can be
>> used to generate schematic or board layout drawings in GIF format for
>> inclusion in a document ??
>>
>        this question seems to come up every now and
>        then. if there is ever a FAQ, it should be
>        included.
>
>        the short answer is that Ghostscript (ghostview?)
>        is probably your answer. if you're running windoze,
>        you  install a postscript printer driver, and direct
>        the output to a file. you now have a postscript
>        file of your schematic.
>
>        then you use ghostscript to read the postscript
>        file, and convert it to another format. It
>        can handle several formats, among them jpg, gif,
>        and pdf.
>
<        best of all, it is free software, available
>        for many different platforms. do a websearch
>        to find it (don't have the URL right now).
>

Why not use .PDF directly? after all, Microchip documentation itself is in
.PDF format, hence every one of us is prepared