Re: viewing a post script file - Distiller tangent

["Backer, Corinne" <CBacker -at- GLHEC -dot- ORG>]

I'm putting this back online because several people have responded, and I'm
in the midst of this in my office right now.

I always thought that Distiller was part of the Acrobat group, too, but the
Distiller I have says this:
"This application gives the user access to the Adobe Acrobat Distiller 3.01
icon, which is part of the Adobe PageMaker 6.5 Suite of applications.
The application is associated (given) to the following user groups.... [my
company stuff]"

I next went to www.adobe.com, but I could not find any satisfaction on the
Adobe website. Distiller is not mentioned anywhere in the Acrobat section
(and I looked forever!), so I called Adobe Customer Service and told them I
wanted to buy just Distiller, and they told me I couldn't--that I have to
buy Acrobat in general, which is 250 a pop (which is why I wanted distiller
stand-alone).

So, a couple questions:
1. Is the Adobe guy out of his head? Or have they perhaps changed the
configuration of products?
2. We use FrameMaker for doc creation--can I avoid all this with direct .pdf
functionality in Frame? How?

Thanks
Corine

-----Original Message-----

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Posada
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 3:36 PM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      Re: viewing a post script file
>
> Hi, Corinne.
>
> Well, close.
>
> Distiller cannot be bought separately. However, it
> isn't a "chunk" of PageMaker, but rather one of the
> programs in the Adobe Acrobat suite.
>
> You buy Acrobat, you get Distiller. I think Acrobat is
> listing for about $249. BTW...FrameMaker comes bundled
> with Acrobat.
>
> --- "Backer, Corinne" <CBacker -at- GLHEC -dot- ORG> 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.
> >
> > Corinne
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ralph Cardone
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 1:19 PM
> > > To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > > Subject:      Re: viewing a post script file
> > >
> > > We use Acrobat Distiller. Hope that helps.
> > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > -------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Brian Doonan wrote:
> > >
> > > > Could someone please recommend a good, and
> > possibly free, program where
> > > I could
> > > > view post script files?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Brian
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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