[WEB4LIB] Re: PDF files and scanners

[Drew, Bill]

Hanan's explanation is too simple.  PDF is good where you want the display
to be the same as the print product.  It also allows you to put something
out there that is much more difficult to change by the unscrupulous

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Wilfred (Bill) Drew
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hanan Cohen [mailto:hanan at qglibrary.org.il]
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 8:53 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: PDF files and scanners


"Michael A. Weber" wrote:

> But then my next question is - what is the strength of using adobe files
on
> the web in the first place?

In a nutshell:
HTML is for online viewing.
PDF is for offline printing.

Follow the links below for more information:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html

Search for PDF in the WEB4LIB archive
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive.html

Good luck
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Hanan Cohen - http://www.info.org.il
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