On 7/15/05, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As another set of tools for working of PDFs, I got this from another > list: > > http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ > > Seems like a nice toolkit for working on PDFs.
Robert and others: I came across this information as I was going through the Scribus tutorial (note the remark about *.pdf being scriptable): FROM: http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=toolbox1 Adobe Reader Using "Hidden" Features with Adobe Reader and Scribus Adobe Reader(r) 7 is in my experience one of the essential tools to have when using Scribus. Although mostly a simple viewer, it has some advanced features which no other PDF viewer has in the Linux,*nix world: full support for JavaScript with a PDF (You did not know a PDF was scriptable? Scribus is unique in the Linux/*nix world for the ability to create scriptable interactive PDF forms) and detailed information which is embedded in the PDF, but viewable only in Adobe Reader. Moreover, while PDF is a published standard, Adobe invented PostScript on which PDF is based and has a commercial incentive to promote PDF on all platforms. Hints for Scribus users: We highly recommend upgrading to the latest Adobe Reader 7. Simply put, there is nothing else more capable of rendering PDF correctly. Whatever your objections were to older versions (and there were some substantial ones), this latest version 7 amelorates the vast majority of them. It is far more stable, bug free and now has a modern look and feel. Any PDF rendering issues with Scribus exported PDF in other viewers should be cross-checked with Reader 7 before reporting bugs to us. We are aware of one color mismatch with RGB images and transparency in PDF 1.4. Yes, this has been duly reported as a bug to Adobe too. -- Kind regards, Jonathan _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
