Hi Adam, Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation. Now it's clear. And hopefully Adobe will do a better job.
Chao On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Adam R. Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2011, at 19:44 , Chao LU wrote: > > > Dear Christiaan, > > > > Thanks a lot for responding! > > > > Actually I have another question about the metadata: Will it be possible > to write all the metadatas(title, author, subject, keyword, comments) > directly to the pdf file itself? Since Adobe supports these metadata inside > the pdf. > > There used to be an experimental hidden preference to do this, but I think > it was removed. At the time, Apple's PDF saving code had some problems, so > it was a potentially destructive operation. > > I think you can still get it to read the PDF metadata using > BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata [1], but that seldom saves any typing. > Unfortunately, PDF metadata is much less reliable than mp3 metadata, even > when the PDF comes from a commercial publisher. > > Adobe XMP [2] is a way of embedding metadata in various file types, but > Adobe's libraries do not provide read/write support for PDF (or didn't last > time I checked). This would let you non-destructively add arbitrary tags to > a document, though, such as a BibTeX record. > > -- > Adam > > [1] > https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bibdesk/index.php?title=Tips_and_Tricks > > [2] http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with > vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is > safe, > secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. > Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >
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