On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 18:53, Gary Schnabl <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Therefore, I suggest that every OOo/LO PDF file be so converted by
>>> Adobe Acrobat Professional afterward, prior to release so that
>>> OOo/LO users will have that extra functionality.
>>
>> What purpose do you want this functionality for?
>>
>>> ...
>>> It seems foolish not to so enable them for the Comment and Review
>>> function, considering its ease to do so with no added cost or real
>>> time and effort...
>>
>> But for what purpose?
>>
>> Nino
>
> DUH! For any users wanting to add any highlighting and such--a thing
> typically done by millions of students and others over the past few decades
> on their printed material and books by (usually yellow-colored) magic
> markers. That highlighting functionality can also be done now electronically
> on PDFs (as it is commonly done on such converted PDFs) and even carried
> over to printed hard copy, if users so desire to print them out afterward.
>
> In addition to highlighting, editorial comments and the like by users could
> also be added directly to the PDF documents, among other capabilities.

The big hole in that idea is that Adobe Acrobat Professional is a
Windows/MAC-only application that costs $449 US per license.  That
leaves out those of us who use Linux... and the team members that
cannot afford that rather high license cost.

It may be a nice-to-have feature, but due to cost and OS restrictions,
it will probably remain a nice-to-have.

C.

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