On Thursday, 23. June 2011 19:50:49 Gary Schnabl wrote: > On 6/23/2011 1:44 PM, Nino Novak wrote: > > On Thursday, 23. June 2011 18:53:12 Gary Schnabl wrote: > >> On 6/23/2011 12:44 PM, Nino Novak wrote: > >>> Hi Gary, > >>> > >>> On Thursday, 23. June 2011 18:35:27 Gary Schnabl 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. > > > > Sorry, Gary, for my ignorance ;-) > > > > I myself have never had the idea to use PDF and highlight something > > therein, so I just did not know / could not imagine that this is > > done by so many people today. I remember how happy we have been > > some decades ago when PDF was "invented" and everybody could read > > a document with the same layout all over the world. So I just did > > not recognize the interactive capabilities of PDF today. > > > >> 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. > >> > > From these facts I'd say: There is a grain of truth in your > > arguments > > > > ;-) > > > > But - however - I'd still say, if "we" provide a User Manual, then > > we do this for one reason: to enable more users to use our > > software in a better way. So primary goal is to attract/ enable/ > > empower /educate software users. If some of them really want to > > highlight the manual or enter comments, ok, maybe. But this is too > > far from the original purpose in my humble eyes. So it might be > > good to offer it as a service from someone who believes it makes > > the difference. But not for "us", who are offering primarily the > > "core services". Just like many Extensions are built by "external" > > persons. However, if they really provide a substantial surplus, > > then people will love them and call for integration into core. So > > the way to go is, at least for the moment, find someone to > > implement the functionality, offer it publicly, and wait :-) > > > > Nino > > You can easily try it out. Try the Adobe website. They probably have > such enabled PDFs for users to practice on. > > Otherwise, email me, and I will send you as an attachment an enabled > Writer Guide PDF.
Thanks for the offer :) However, this will have to wait a bit because at the moment my brain is too full that I can't think about even more things to busy myself with. Nino -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
