Hint, hint ... I am just a dumb engineer here at Adobe.
I don't set the prices or have any influence over those
issues.
By the way, when dealing with Wurd documents, even with
PDF, be very careful that the "properties" don't migrate
to the PDF file. When you use the PDFMaker facility of
Acrobat some of that information in the Wurd document
does make its way into the "Description" part of
"Document Properties" !!!!!
- Dov
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Syed Zaeem Hosain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:36 PM
> To: Dov Isaacs
> Cc: Ron Teplitz; Framers@frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: What do you use for PDF Generation?
>
> Hi, Dov.
>
> Dov Isaacs wrote:
> > A word of advice. Before you go loading up on el'cheapo
> > $9.95 PDF creation software, make sure that what it generates
> > is really kosher. We quite often see problems when these
> > PDF files "escape" the environment in which they were created
> > and attempts are made to either combine them with other PDF
> > files in Acrobat or to place them in FrameMaker, InDesign,
> > or elsewhere. Problems often manifest themselves as funky font
> > definitions with improper names and encodings that cause
> > chaos when attempts are made to repurpose those PDF files.
> > Just because those other employees are not publishing vast
> > tomes doesn't mean that they should have shoddy tools.
>
> Good points, yes!
>
> We have some people who create "print-quality" documents for which
> we need to be sure that the PDF's are very high quality. For these
> folks, we have Acrobat Pro installed on their systems - the "right"
> way to go for sure!
>
> It is the rest of the folks, who send out docs and files outside
> our company for reading or review and other purposes, that we want
> to have in PDF format. The purpose is to avoid having "original"
> documents out there. The policy was created because we got burned
> by "properties" information in a Word doc recently - an older doc
> was used to create a new one and ... oops!
>
> None of the PDF's from these other employees is likely to be used
> in situations where they might cause problems like you mention.
> So, I am fairly confident (but keeping my fingers crossed till I
> test some more) that we should be okay with something like PDF995.
>
> But, I will definitely try things out in detail before proceeding ...
>
> Of course, if Adobe Elements were a LOT lower in price for multiple
> copies, or the server version of Acrobat was not so crazily over-
> priced for our simple needs (less than 50 employees total!), we
> would not be looking at cheaper alternatives. Hint, hint! :)
>
> Thanks for the input regardless! It is appreciated.
>
> Z
>
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