Quoting W5WVO, whose email is blocked from external access... "PDF is not intended to be an editable format. It is intended to be a distribution format. While extremely minor tweaks can be made in a PDF as a last-minute fix, there is no "secret unlock key" that turns Acrobat into a word processor."
Re: editing PDF files...what he says is unfortunately not true. It turns out (with a little research) that there are several PDF editors available. They are sufficiently adept to permit annotation. Furthermore, his "response" has several red herrings in it...First, I did not ask to convert Acrobat into a word processor, only to be able to annotate the text parts of the PDF file, presumably outside of either Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. I found (and tried) two such text editors this morning using Google. These annotations are much more satisfactory than the "sticky note" format supported by Acrobat. Second, re "keys," forms that are prepared in PDF format may either be locked or unlocked. I gave an example of an unlocked form; here is an example of a locked "form:" the 1040 income tax form for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The federal form allows one to enter data from the keyboard while the MA form does not. Third, the efficacy of Microsoft Word was not in question. IMO it is an awkward medium in which to produce mixed text and illustrations, but that has no bearing on the issue I raised. John Ragle -- W1ZI ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
