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Re: Re: Can you figure out what tools produced a PDF?
Subject:Re: Re: Can you figure out what tools produced a PDF? From:Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> To:margaret -dot- cekis -at- comcast -dot- net Date:Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:43:06 -0600 (CST)
Thank you for the clarifying question, Margaret. I believe most of the respondents understood my intended meaning, but in case it was not clear, I do indeed mean "What tool produced the original document?"
I do think the two tools would be closely related, don't you? If you produce a document in FrameMaker, how would you convert it into a PDF except from within FrameMaker? Can a tool other than FrameMaker convert a FrameMaker book file or .fm file and convert it to PDF?
If so, I am all ears. Please explain.
Thanks again.
Dec 8, 2011 11:29:23 AM, margaret -dot- cekis -at- comcast -dot- net wrote:
Nancy Allison asked, "Can you figure out what tools produced a PDF?"
"We are looking at some great sample documentation in PDF format, and I've been asked to figure out what tools produced the PDF."
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Nancy:
Do you mean, "What authoring tool produced the sample documentation that was made into a PDF? (a very different question than the one you asked).
A very skilled TW who has used all the tools could probably reproduce the sample document format in more than one tool.
Margaret Cekis, Johns Creek GA
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