Go for it David, Them what has the energy to do the work get to decide how to do it.
Best regards, Marbux On 9/26/07, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guy's chill. The mag is pdf what format (portrait or landscape) will be > decided later on. At the moment I'm just getting the hang of Scribus. > And yes A4 as I live in the UK and I'm the guy doing the work on it so > I'm doing to my setup it's easier for me. It can always have a letter > format for those on the other side of the pond like Fullcicle does if > some one wants to create that format. The merits of PDF or HTML are > niether here not there I just like the idea of producing a mag for > OpenOffice. > > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 16:40 +0200, Frank Peters wrote: > > marbux wrote: > > > On 9/25/07, Jean Hollis Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I read PDF magazines onscreen when I can (eg Linux Journal > > >> Digital), and only print out a few pages to keep for reference. > > >> Landscape orientation means a PDF works very well for both > > >> purposes, but portrait works well only for printouts especially > > >> if the design is 2-column (otherwise I have to scroll vertically > > >> a lot, both up and down). > > >> > > >> +1 on the vertical scrolling problem with mutli-column PDFs. I have > to > > > read a lot of them (e.g., official government journals, scientific > journals, > > > etc.) and the constant scrolling is a PITA. Particularly when they are > set > > > in small type that forces you to enlarge the type size to read, which > also > > > forces you to scroll left and right to switch columns. Landscape mode > with > > > 20 point type and appropriate margins and column gutters keeps the > entire > > > page on one screen with text at an easily legible size. Readers can > > > concentrate on content rather than navigation. > > > > > > The problem is that portrait mode is a poor match for the proportional > > > dimensions of a computer monitor. Landscape mode with a normal paper > size > > > comes close enough that margins can be adjusted to compensate for the > rest. > > > > > > On reasons for using PDF rather than HTML +, here are a few: > > > > > -- Variations in the ways that browsers render web pages are > eliminated so > > > the need for a whole bunch of testing in different browsers is > eliminated; > > > -- Allows use of complex formatting without testing in various > browsers; > > > -- Allows use of software designed for high-quality desktop publishing > > > rather than for web publishing; > > > > I don't want to get into an argument about the pros and cons of > > PDF publishing on the web but you're publishing to the web, not to the > > desktop. The web is a more flexible publishing medium with many > > possible user setups regarding orientation, screen size, color depth, > > etc. Not to mention accessibility problems with PDFs (unless you're > > using tagged PDF). > > > > > -- Fonts can be embedded so readers get the document designer's > intended > > > graphical effect; > > > -- Web and dead-tree publishing can use the same document without > > > reformatting; > > > > But they *need* reformatting because one format cannot satisfy all > channels: > > Web on computer screens, printouts, screen readers, small devices. > > > > You're (well not literally you :-) using landscape PDF to the advantage > > of screen display but to the disadvantage of printout. You even fix > > the paper size (A4 in Europe, letter in the US) that often causes > > problems on printout. You're using a fixed width and layout that may > > force people with small screen resolutions to scroll the document or > scale it > > down, but to the advantage of an aesthetic printout. > > > > A see the beauty of completely controlling all visual aspects of > > a publication but the internet is just not the best medium for that as > > long as there are browsers that don't adhere to standards. > > > > Frank > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- BUCK "MARBUX" MARTIN Director of Legal Affairs OpenDocument Foundation Contact: <http://www.opendocumentfoundation.us/contact.htm> -- Universal Interop Now!
