Re: Open Formats (was ZD on Linux)

[Richard Soule]

"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote:
> Personally, I never understood PDF. What is so wrong with HTML and
> embeded images? I have yet to see any real need for PDF's. There is no
> real benefit to it.

PDF allows for precise control of both on screen viewing AND printing. 
HTML does not.

That said, *MOST* things that are done with PDF could have also been
done with HTML, but for a few types of things PDF is great.  As an
example: The user guide for Corel Painter comes to mind.  Clicking the
print button from acrobat got me a really nice printed version, all
landscaped, formatted properly etc.  If it were in HTML I would have
spent a LONG time massaging the document and never would have been able
to get the same results.

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