Scanning docs

[The Proteus]

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On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, KA4HJH wrote:

> >This has always been my MAJOR complaint about PDF.  Plus, I don't want
> >to BUY yet another application to create them.
> 
> Unfortunately, if you REALLY want to work with them you need to get 
> Acrobat Exchange/Distiller. This lets you get at everything.
> 
> 

<SARCASM>
Well, if people are so fed up with PDF, why not using something like
TeX/LaTeX/Metafont? It's free, it's open, and it was *designed* for this
sort of thing - go to web media, go to press? What is difference? :-)
</SARCASM>

	On a more serious note, PDF wasn't designed to be a word
processor format, only a final print solution. Most docs that are designed
to be edited are in pagemaker / word / whatever source format you use. You
could even write up a TeX file and print it to the PDF printer, and voila
- everything is cool. I still see two problems with PDF - one, the
standard is controlled by Adobe, and is thus proprietary; two, there are
no other apps than acrobat out there to deal with this type of thing. If
there were more open PDF creators, then it would be a more level playing
field. 
	The best format I have come up with as far as creating schematics
and app notes has been to create the schematic in my capture tool (either
OrCAD Capture or PADS PowerLogic), then print that document to PDF. Once
in acrobat, I can export to EPS or whatever I want to dump it into my
typesetter, Pagemaker. Then, when the document is done, I just print it
off to a final PDF, and voila - done. Schematics come out clean as a
whistle, and any graphics are carefully processed to preserve maximum
resolution at minimum space. 
	Obviously, most people can't get ahold of those tools to munge up
docs. I mean, what I use is close to $4,000 US in tools (so graciously
provided by my employer) - but at least the methodology is the same for
whatever apps you use. 

Kampai,

Prot

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