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From: "Mark Zelden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
1) IMO, Bookmanager search is still better and faster.
2) Some folks have no control of what applications/versions are
on their desktops. Until 3 weeks ago I was running WinNT with
Adobe 5. 7 isn't even supported on NT. New laptops are
being rolled out with XP, but my new one still came with Adobe 5.
Later this year a refresh of standard applications on the
desktop is being done and I'm sure that will include
Adobe 6 or 7. I am lucky that I actually have admin authority
to my own machine and installed Adobe 7 (which BTW, is quicker
than 6). But that is only because of the apps I need to
download from the mainframe and install (HMC, RMF, etc.).
Mark,
1. I've found that a lot of companies aren't distributing the PDF indexes
yet like they do with the .bki stuff. PDF search can go cross bookshelf
depending on the index you use. Without the index, the search does take
some time.
2. This is the biggest problem I've found with people using Adobe. They're
stuck at 5 (or worse) and can't get 6 or 7 installed. Granted, the early 6
releases were buggy, but 7 is the bomb. I haven't used BM format in over a
year and I have no intention of going back.
Tom
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