HOW TO CONVERT .PDF to .TNS
Hello my friends!
Just thought I'd help anyone who is having issues with .pdf.tns files. I just got a new laptop and it had windows 11 preinstalled.
My issue was getting PDF files to reformat when changing the name to "filename".pdf.tns.
To fix this I did a couple things, but I'm not sure exactly what did the trick.
(Preliminary - downloaded and installed TI-Nspire CX Student Software, so this could have installed some necessary file drivers for .tnx extensions but I'm not exactly sure.
Next, I navigated to my systems extension settings to choose what file .tns opens with. I chose N-Link.
https://lights0123.com/n-link/ Here's what I think really did the trick.
1. go to windows menu and type "file extensions"
File Explorer, Change settings to show file extensions, Show settings
Check all the boxes under Navigation pane i.e. Always show availability status, Show all Folders, Show all Libraries
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2. Download the .PDF and open it in a web browser PDF viewer page.
click the save button, "Save As" - then "Save as type:" CLICK the drop down menu and SELECT "All Files" - then add the suffix ".pdf.tns" to the end of the document name and SAVE
In my case, the file automatically saved in the correct format and was set to open with N-Link (which may have been because of the preliminary step) - either way it worked!
Attached is a blank document of the correct .PDF.TNS formatting. You can download it to see if the file will open with Adobe PDF or N-Link. If it opens with Adobe PDF, you need to adjust some of the File Explorer / Extension settings.
GOOD LUCK, AND HAVE A LOVELY DAY!
