>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 has been on my mind for some time now
>and haven't had much success in locating a cad program that will save in
>'GIF' format or even export a file in 'GIF' format.  Hope someone out
>there has a solution.

CadSoft's Eagle can process CAM jobs directly to TIFF files, which can
be easily converted to GIF.