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Subject:Re: Doc delivery problems: got an answer? From:Lee Kimmelman <leek -at- ULEAD -dot- COM -dot- TW> Date:Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:36:01 +0800
>I've thought of PDF and it was suggested by another person. But doesn't the
>authoring tool cost quite a bit? Like $2500? I hesitate to spend that kind
>of money when the possibility exists that an inexpensive (or free) tool
>will give me the same results. (I do realize that eliminating hardcopy
>distribution will save $2500 many times over in the years to come.)
>
>Other suggestions?
>
Oooh! Big exaggeration! Unless you are doing some heavy duty postscript
work, you do not need the expensive version, (and last I heard, it was not
nearly that high anyway). Simple Acrobat Exchange costs less than USD
200.00 and will do everything you need.
Because it seems so common here, and in case you may have thought
otherwise, my opinions are mine and mine alone, Don't blame Ulead for what
I said.
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