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Subject:RE: Survey: how do you use PDFs From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 9 May 2001 14:18:00 -0400
Because:
PDF displays formatting that HTML cannot handle.
PDF better supports printing Page Ranges and documents in their entirety
than HTML.
PDF can be distributed as one file, versus a bunch of separate HTML and
separate graphics files.
There is little chance of somebody having the wrong viewer or browser and
thus not seeing unsupported conventions or having formatting that is
supported differently depending on what your reader is using to view your
publication.
It takes less time and resources to create PDF than HTML output for a
document.
Yadda yadda yadda.
Of course, PDF is not good for all cases, certainly it is not the same as
HTML and does not replace HTML. I only present reasons to use PDF . . ..
Cheers,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Becca Price [SMTP:becca_price -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> --- "Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> wrote:
> > Oh, I disagree completely. By formatting your PDFs for the
> > screen, by> chunking your information appropriately, by using hypertext
> > navigation, by> creating specific navigation elements in your PDF, and
> by
> > using features> that enhance the doc, such as rollovers and pop-ups, PDF
> can
> > most certainly> be a very usable and useful online format!
>
> In this case, why bother with PDF? why not put the doc in HTML
> format?
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