Mark Zelden wrote:
1) IMO, Bookmanager search is still better and faster.
Much, much - *much* better -- especially across multiple books, bookshelves, bookcases, and collections. Yes, Acrobat 7.0 reintroduced the Acrobat 5.0 sequential find capability (which was ruined in Acrobat 6.0) and retains the Acrobat 6.0 book-wide Search capability. Big whoop. It still can't begin to touch the "fuzzy" matching capability inherent in all manifestations of BookManager in which different word forms (plurals, alternate endings, etc.) can be considered for a match.
There are other issues as well. For example, not all PDF documents can be successfully searched. Depending on how they are built, many appear to not contain "text" but rather "images" of text. (One of the most frustrating aspects of the Acrobat PDF model!) This is *never* a consideration for BookManager.
Acrobat has no analog for the bookshelf, bookcase, or collection concepts. All you get are a bunch of PDF documents in a file system. Add in superior cross-book linking capabilities, much better speed for all operations (it takes a while just to initialize Acrobat!), an excellent organizational infrastructure provided by Library Reader (choose either the multiplatforms edition or the z/OS edition), and the ability -- in an emergency -- to read/process softcopy books on the mainframe without any workstation involvement, and you can make a pretty strong case for continued BookManager use.
Our largest customers have made it clear that they want and need continued support of BookManager softcopy format. We have heard them loud and clear!
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