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Subject:Re: viewing a post script file From:Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:45:46 -0500
At 03:29 PM 6/23/99 -0500, Backer, Corinne wrote:
>It's my understanding (based on conversations this week w/Adobe
>customer
>service) that Distiller is a chunk of PageMaker used to create .pdf,
>and
>cannot be bought separately. Acrobat READER is the free .pdf viewer I
>think
>Brian wants. Is this correct? 'Cuz if not, I need to call them back.
Not exactly correct.
Adobe Acrobat is something that Adobe sells as a standalone product for
around $200. (If anyone's looking for a copy, there are often copies
for sale on eBay for less than half of that.) It includes Acrobat
Distiller (the thing that makes PDFs using PostScript files), Acrobat
Exchange (the souped-up version of Acrobat Reader that lets you edit
and create cross-references in Acrobat files), and a bunch of other
stuff.
Adobe also bundles the full version of Adobe Acrobat in several of its
powerhouse applications: PageMaker, FrameMaker, and Illustrator (I
think) -- possibly others.
Hope that helps.
--
"UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are."
Beth Friedman
bjf -at- wavefront -dot- com
