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| Thread ID: 45310 | 2004-05-18 03:56:00 | Young Tom (5503) | Press F1 |
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| 237365 | 2004-05-18 03:56:00 | How does one work in PDF and what is the point. I seemed to have managed without it,I know I am missing something. |
Young Tom (5503) | ||
| 237366 | 2004-05-18 04:39:00 | That's quite all right. You are not missing anything. If you ever need to work in PDF you will need it. Until then, why worry? I manage without "txt msgs" whatever they are. ;-) I manage without XML, C++, Windows XP, PHP, .NET, C#, MS Pisspot, chat rooms, television,and motorcars. I don't feel I'm missing anything. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 237367 | 2004-05-18 04:49:00 | I get a strong sense of deprivation here GL,are you from Southland,this can do it ;) | Young Tom (5503) | ||
| 237368 | 2004-05-18 04:54:00 | PDF is a great way to "secure" a document from changes and it is also used by printers/publishers etc. For instance, I produce a report for a client, have it all nicely formatted and put on CD (via a graphic designer using a Mac) in pdf format. Take CD to printer and get the lovely report all printed and bound etc. Send report to client along with CD (containing PDF report). The client can open the pdf on his/her own pc and print as many extra copies as they like using free pdf viewers like Acrobat Reader. It is a very convenient way to distribute information across platforms and without requiring MS Word or other proprietary software to open the files. But unless you have a need for it don't worry about it, just be aware it is a useful document format. |
Sb0h (3744) | ||
| 237369 | 2004-05-18 05:22:00 | The pages in PC World, for example, are saved as PDF files and then transferred via the Internet to the printer. A large number of the ads are also received in PDF and the whole thing is then composited at the printer's end digitally. | Biggles (121) | ||
| 237370 | 2004-05-18 06:05:00 | As mentioned it's an excellent way of creating read only documents. It's a standard format, the same across all platforms, so is better for professional document exchange than other applications (read: word). OpenOffice supports output to PDF natively. It's a very useful feature. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 237371 | 2004-05-18 06:11:00 | Hi. PDF virtually seals your document. I send out a club newsletter monthly and several other items. It is easy enough for members to flick them on to other friends or intrested people. As a simple Word document, the club member could alter it and send it on. As a PDF document he cannot readily alter it. First line of security really. No hassle to use once you have the program and the reader program is free and readily available. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 237372 | 2004-05-19 01:53:00 | Re: "read only / cannot alter". If a person has Adobe Acrobat, I believe that any PDF file can be altered, right? Or it there a lock up feature that prevents any changes being made? I use Adobe Photoshop to produce PDF files of scanned articles and my wife's handwritten letters (she is getting better on the PC but is still slow on the keyboard) - these are sent as email attachments. I used to scan and save as Line Art GIF files but some reciptients could not print them. Steve L |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 237373 | 2004-05-19 02:31:00 | PDF files have various levels of protection (about 9 from memory) So it depends on what the Author has permitted. A fully protected document is just that. Protected. Even with full Acrobat |
godfather (25) | ||
| 237374 | 2004-05-19 02:54:00 | So, if I have typed up a document, how do I save it into PDF? Do you just add pdf to the end of file name? filename.pdf instead of filename.doc (if I typed it up in Word) |
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