Hi, Adobe systems has a whole suite of applications for creating pdf documents. PDF stands for portable document file. The intent was to make a file that was both readable on multiple platforms and secure.
To answer you question about how pdf(s) are made, they are made utilizing a variety of software packages. Some applications allow one to simply cut and paste info in and generate the pdf format. Others are more elaborate and have programming languages built in to extract data form other sources and create the pdf files. How a specific document is created is tough unless you can contact the author. I have had some luck using the Kerzweil product k1000 to read pdf documents. The only problem I have found is if the document is locked with a password, k1000 can't do anything with it unless one knows the password. Hope this helps.. Warm Regards. Joe Lanier -----Original Message----- From: shannon [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:14 AM To: Joe Lanier Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: PDF documents and the mouse The one I started this conversation with is loaded with social security numbers. I could send you another one that is just as ugly but not exactly as I explained already. In fact all the reports are ugly as pdfs. In some places I have learned how to pull the information out of the ODBC and into excel making it a whole lot easier to read with column and row titles. But the hard part about this one is it doesn't exist until I print it and the taxes are calculated. It is made once I print it and then I have no idea where it is, if it is any ware at all this is stored. I have a sneaking suspicion that it is in many places once posted so it is not reproducible after time. I asked in another reply how pdfs are made, do you know? Shannon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Lanier" <[email protected]> To: "'shannon'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 5:55 PM Subject: RE: PDF documents and the mouse > Hi, > > Would you feel comfortable sending me that document and let me play with > the > browse mode? > > Warm Regards.. Joe Lanier > > > -----Original Message----- > From: shannon [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 3:46 PM > To: Joe Lanier; 'Pastor Gil Pries'; [email protected] > Subject: Re: PDF documents and the mouse > > I hadn't thought of that and I just tried it but no luck there. > no good. > I even tried hopeing aginst hope that route mouse to curser would do it > but > no luck there either. same went for the WE curser. > Thanks > Shannon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Lanier" <[email protected]> > To: "'shannon'" <[email protected]>; "'Pastor Gil Pries'" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 2:39 PM > Subject: RE: PDF documents and the mouse > > >> Hi, >> >> have you tried to use the ins and the arrow keys? >> >> Warm Regards.. Joe Lanier >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: shannon [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 2:34 PM >> To: Pastor Gil Pries; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: PDF documents and the mouse >> >> Yes, my adobe is set for accessibility but it still is not easy to >> interpret >> the information. >> They are reports that are in columns but they don't come through as real >> tables like we would like. it is all jumbled up. >> one line of the report reads across as period, gross, fica, med, fed, >> state, >> dues, int fee, and the next line has the amounts for those titles and it >> reads year, 6789.55, 228.0,178.03,28.00, 130.00, 28.00, >> >> it is really difficult to tell which amount goes with what title with out >> remembering that the fourth title is the forth entry in the second line. >> It just does not read well. >> now If I could find the gross with the mouse and then move directly down >> from that word to that location on the second line and then read that >> amount >> it would be so much easier. >> >> Why does the mouse not work with a PDF? or why can't the brows curser be >> made to work like the mouse curser and move directly down into the next >> line? >> >> These reports just are not set up verry well. I don't have the first clue >> as >> how or what can be done to read these better. >> Shannon >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pastor Gil Pries" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:08 PM >> Subject: Re: PDF documents and the mouse >> >> >>> Is your adobe reader set to the accessibility settings? >>> If it is, you won't need the mouse pad. >>> >>> >>> Pastor Gil >>> >>> On 9/7/2010 9:57 AM, shannon wrote: >>>> Good afternoon, >>>> I have to deal with more and more PDF docs. While the brows mode is >>>> very useful in finding info written in the documents with the find >>>> feature. I have a problem. >>>> These documents I have to deal with are not very well laid out. Why >>>> can the mouse not be used in adobe? I could do much better >>>> interpreting of my particular docs if I could use the mouse to move >>>> directly up and down once the text was found if the mouse could follow >> the brows curser. >>>> As it is the mouse only reads the top and bottom of the adobe window >>>> and not the doc itself. >>>> Am I just missing something? >>>> Thanks for any suggestions >>>> Shannon >>>> >>>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>>> sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >>>> message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your >>>> message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >>>> >>>> GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You >>>> can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>> sender only. 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