pdf files

[Margaret Doll]

I believe the main advantage of pdf files is that they can be read 
easily by all
the computer platforms.

On Tuesday, December 7, 2004, at 07:57 PM, Peter Smith wrote:

> Ed Wilts wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 10:40:55AM +1000, Peter Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Ed Wilts wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> For editing an existing pdf, I have no clue...the developers at my
>>>> office are having a bugger of a time finding a generic solution.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I thought the whole point of  the pdf was that it was a file that 
>>> could not be modified?
>>>
>>
>> Every binary file can be modified.  Some just take more work than
>> others.
>>
>>
> Yes, of course.  But my point is that the reason we go to the expense 
> of generating pdf files is to produce something that can not easily be 
> modified.  If someone produces a free pdf editor, we might as well 
> fall back on .doc.  Heh.
>
> Regards,
> Peter
>
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