
Chapter 13
Acquiring FilesAcquiring Files
from Disksfrom Disks
Your clients will bring artwork files to your shop in many forms, includ
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ing files on floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, zip disks, flash drives, and even via
e-mail. In order to work with these files, you have to be able to open
them. Opening a file from an e-mail or from a CD or DVD won’t be that
hard if you have a newer computer with the appropriate drives. These
are the most popular ways to send files today. However, new computers
rarely come with floppy disk drives, so there may be times when a client
with an especially old computer offers one up, and if you can’t use it,
you’ll have to ask for ...