Re: [PLUG] Acrobat for Linux?

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>]

At 3:34 PM -0400 8/2/02, Noah silva wrote:
> I use it a lot, but mainly for making PDFs of documents.

	I meant the application itself, not the other parts.


> Printing from apps to the PDF writer is the standard way to make a 
> PDF file (at least according to their manuals...).

	PDFWriter has NEVER been the standard way of creating PDFs - 
which is why it is no longer part of the standard install with 
Acrobat 5.

	Use Distiller!


> Playing with the editing functionality, it just seemed rather limited, but
> editing PDFs isn't something I do often, since usually I will go back to
> the source to edit the document, and then print off another PDF of it.

	I am not talking about that type of editing - but the 
inclusion of non-content information (bookmarks, hyperlinks, 
annotations, etc.).   Also, creation of interactive forms, digital 
signatures, etc.


> usually I use pdf reader when... I have a doc in pdf I need to
> read.. that's all.

	And you don't miss not being able to navigate the PDF using 
the bookmark list, or clicking on hyperlinks, or working with 
interactive forms, or ....


Leonard
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