Edward Jaffe wrote: > Ed Gould wrote: >> On Nov 30, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Edward Jaffe wrote: >> >>> Ed Gould wrote: >>>> Not knowing a lot about desktop publishing ... Why not .PDF ? >>> >>> PDF is a file format, not a desktop publishing application. >> >> OK so I used the wrong term The application that creates PDF's . > > That's *all* PC applications: web browsers, word processors, > spreadsheets, you name it. Acrobat captures *any* print-destined output > and makes PDF files. I even save my Internet purchase receipts as PDF > documents rather than printing them on paper.
What's more is that since PDF is an open format, you don't even have to use Adobe Acrobat to generate the file. There are a variety of other programs that do just this. For example - Apple Mac OS X has native PDF generation built right in - no additional software required. -- Anthony Giorgio Ported Tools for z/OS UNIX System Services ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
