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Subject:Re: Acrobat 4.0 Good News/Bad News From:Pierre Roberge <proberge -at- FAMICTECH -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 10 May 1999 11:18:51 -0400
Can you tell me how exactly the Word to PDF conversion is better?
Thanks
Pierre Roberge
> I have just been evaluating my brand new copy of Acrobat 4.0 and I must
> say
> that the Word to .PDF conversion is about 1000% better. However, Adobe
> seem
> to have taken a large and very strange step backwards. Apparently, the
> Acrobat Reader no longer recognises indexes created in Acrobat Catalog. If
> you want to use the Acrobat full text search feature, you have to buy the
> full product. I have checked the Adobe Support Forums and they confirm
> this.
> Does anyone know whether this is a temporary or regional oversight?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Kortz
>