sounds like the right tool for the wrong job to me... On the other hand, perhaps I don't clearly understand the problem. I gather the index gives you section and subsection etc. as a return on a given keyword. is the pdf not bookmarked in sections? I can see no reason, given the number of ways information can be referenced in pdf's, why there should be a problem. Ofcourse, if the people who created teh pdfs don't know what they are doing wrt bookmarks, etc, then there might be an issue...
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 01:04 am, bratt wrote: > Paul: > > I thought the "P" would stand for "Pitiful" or "Pathetic" > > The material I was working with (or trying to) were Government Acts, > running over 300 pages each. Naturally, Government Acts of Law are indexed > according to the sections of the Act, not pages. > > To index those Sections to page numbers s of PDF you would have to > separate the Sections of the Act to fit them one to a page, or have a page > re-numbering feature in PDF, which it does not have. > > Besides that, PDF is slow to load, slow to downpage. I have had instances > where the largest printout had unreadable text. I mailed the printout to > the publisher and requested a "paper version" that I could read. > > I am not creating this Government Act creature, just trying to read what > was published in PDF, which is an application totally unsuited to this ever > popular antiquated data file system. > > On the upside, "It is free, but worth that price" > > Ed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "paul van den bergen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 12:50 AM > Subject: Re: [biofuel] defending pdfs > > > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 04:37 pm, bratt wrote: > > > If anything deserves boycotting its > > > PDF files. > > > > > > PDF is antiquated, slow, and totally unsuitable for large volume > > > publication use. I had to scan s-l-o-w-l-y through hundreds of pages > > > to find > > > information because there is no way to relate the index of the > > manuscript > > > > to the pdf page numbers, which makes the six page index absolutely > > > worthless. > > > > there is a lot here to cover and I really don't have time, but here goes. > > > > first, sounds like you are angry at someone or something... nevermind, > > lets > > > assume you have a genuine complaint and not just a winge for the heck of > > it. > > > second, old and antiquated? I assume you mean by that that it does not > > perform > > > the function it was built for adequately compared to other more recent > > inventions that do? if so, what are they? note pdf stands for printable > > document format - it is a system optimised to allow the sharing over > > disperate systems of information in a form that can be printed with > > (preferably) no change from instance to instance. Now personally I prefer > > postscript, which si far older, but pdfs are certainly more efficient > > space-wise. > > > > thirdly, don't blame pdfs for the authors lack of care in indexing > > correctly... > > > > sounds like you need to take a deep breath before posting... > > > > -- > > Dr Paul van den Bergen > > Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures > > caia.swin.edu.au > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IM:bulwynkl2002 > > It's a book. Non-volatile storage media. Everyone should have one. > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuels list archives: > > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] IM:bulwynkl2002 It's a book. Non-volatile storage media. Everyone should have one. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE Cell Phones with up to $400 Cash Back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_bBUKB/vYxFAA/i5gGAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
