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As a followup to our discussion on using Acrobat effectively onscreen, have
a look at the article by Bob Connolly in _Graphic Exchange_
(http://www.gxo.com/). To get his article, click the link for "Current
issue" and scroll on down.
One interesting observation in this article involves a Mac vs. Windows
difference; apparently, Windows versions of Internet Explorer display PDFs
in the browser by default, whereas the Mac versions download them to disk.
(Haven't noticed the latter, but haven't tested this extensively either.)
One way to overcome the problem of using PDF in a browser window is to force
the PDF to download (using a script) so you can launch it from your hard
drive and run it in Acrobat Reader rather than the plugin. This lets you use
the superior full-screen mode, for instance.
If you've got a high-speed connection and are willing to spend the time (34
Meg worth), the summary text for this article includes a link that lets you
download a sample brochure (for Jaguar's latest car) that takes full
advantage of full-screen Acrobat. This link is for the deluxe Acrobat 6
version with embedded video and VR, so you'll require a few components not
everyone already has installed: Quicktime player, Adobe Reader 6 (the
Acrobat Reader 5 replacement), and speakers if you want to listen to the
voiceover. The article mentions two other (smaller and simpler) versions of
this brochure suitable for Acrobat 4 and 5, which are presumably available
from Jaguar's Web site, but I haven't gone looking.
--Geoff Hart, geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
(try ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca if you get no response)
Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada
580 boul. St-Jean
Pointe-Claire, Que., H9R 3J9 Canada
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telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my
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