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Subject:Re: Distributing movie files with PDF From:Max Wyss <prodok -at- PRODOK -dot- CH> Date:Mon, 4 May 1998 10:21:00 +0200
Shifra,
when you look at the Acrobat Reader CD-ROM, you will see that there is a
QuickTime distribution on it. If I remember correctly, the user is even
asked when installing the Reader whether QuickTime should be installed too.
This installation is as unrestricted as the installation of Acrobat Reader.
However things might change in the future, depending on the development at
Apple concerning licencing fees for QuickTime 3 <curse them>. As long as
you stay with QuickTime 2 level, you would not have problems.
This would be sufficient to include QuickTime movies into your documents.
It works on Windows 95 and even 3.1.
Hope, this can help.
Max Wyss
PRODOK Engineering AG
Technical documentation and translations, Electronic Publishing
CH-8906 Bonstetten, Switzerland
Fax: +41 1 700 20 37
e-mail: mailto:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch or 100012 -dot- 44 -at- compuserve -dot- com
Bridging the Knowledge Gap
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>Hi all!
>We are in the process of switching over to CD-Rom distribution of our
>documentation. We use PDF and include a copy of the viewer on the CD. We
>just came up with a new idea that includes inserting a mov or mpeg file
>into our PDF doc. What do we do about viewing software? Do we have to get
>permission to distribute copies? - Is there a viewer that is automatically
>installed in Win 95?
>Thanks alot
>Shifra
