On 2016-07-08, at 07:29, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote:
> I see no reason to 'edit' an ibm publication ...
>
A while ago there was a debate hereabouts on whether customers
should install ISV software according to the vendors' suggested
DSN qualifiers or according to customers' naming conventions.
I supported the prior alternative:
"Skills should be portable. Uniformity makes communication
with vendors' Tech Support simpler."
"Ya gotta have standards. Enforcing site conventions simplifies
employee training."
"Using idiosyncratic names invalidates instructions and examples
in the documentation, even supplied sample JCL."
"If the docs are in electronic form, they and the samples can be
edited to reflect the site conventions."
Sigh. And re-done with each new release.
> .. but I do frequently use highlight and add notes to pdf's which I maintain
> local copies of. I don't think I can do that with all e-pub readers. Now if
> the KC would allow annotations - perhaps community comments (moderated of
> course) then that would be very helpful - like a community RCF).
>
I believe that some recent iteration of KC supported such a facility.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John McKown
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 8:22 AM
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote:
>
>> ... I believe that PDFs can be
>> protected from being "Edited" and still allow it to be read without
>> having to enter a password, ...
>>
<Grrr...> Lately an emerita of a public institution sought my help with
a request for benefits changes that had been emailed to her as a PDF.
It could be opened *only* with Adobe Reader; any other viewer showed
simply a page explaining the need for AR; the payload was somehow concealed.
It could be edited to supply responses, but *only* with AR. Making
a change brought up an Alert that the edited document could *not* be
saved, only printed. Tested; they spoke sooth. Tried to print it;
got an alert saying I needed to filter it to a .doc(!?) in order to print.
This is a MacBook Pro. The OS X Print dialog has always provided a
Print to PDF option. OK. Ignored the AR print button and selected Print
from the OS X menu bar. AR intercepted and supplied an altered Print
dialog with Print to PDF disabled. Went back to the AR print command
and clicked Help and got an invitation to license the PDF-to-.doc
filter from Creative Cloud for $1.99/month.
Gave up; took it on USB Flash to Kinko's who printed 2 copies of 13
pages, collated, for $0.05/page. I invited her to fill it out with
a ballpoint pen and mail it back (only USPS as instructed; no
electronic submissions accepted).
Bandits! Steve didn't like Adobe very much, either. </Grrr...>
>
> ... Hum, does IBM allow you to copy an unmodified PDF which is "generally
> available" via the web and give it to another person? ...
>
I believe the ToS say "Customers only".
-- gil
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