From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format
(there's a lot more there, not exclusively Mac by any means.):
"PDF was selected as the "native" metafile format for Mac OS X,
replacing the PICT format of the earlier Mac OS. The imaging model of
the Cocoa layer of Mac OS X is based on the model common to Display
PostScript and PDF, and is sometimes somewhat confusingly referred to
as Display PDF. Due to OS support, all OS X applications can create
PDF documents automatically as long as they support the Print command."
It's really pretty neat how smoothly it all works. I could, for
example, save this email as a pdf document in one of several versions
and open it later with Acrobat. Or, I could, directly through the
print dialog box, attach it to an email as a pdf file and send it
without first saving the file. The same things work with iPhoto, PS,
Word, Excel, etc.
Roger
Roger Eichhorn
eichhorn@xxxxxx
On 24 Feb 2006, at 08:50, Don Roberts wrote:
karl shah-jenner wrote:
A nice review of pdf programs, options and even some freeware links
http://freewarepdf.com/
"open a PDF file, you can add text to it by selecting Type Writer
from the
Tools menu. This may be particularly helpful when you need to
print and
fill in a form provided to you in PDF format. Now you can first
fill in the
form and then print it, instead of the other way around.."
There's even a suggestion re Mac freeware !
Karl, it's nice of you to point out the Mac reference. The company
is not nearly as thoughtful though. The version they list for Macs
is Reader 1.4 which is 2 1/2 years old. I am using Reader 6.0 and
I believe that I am a version or two behind. But the PC products
seem to be up to date.
Don
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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and
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