Regarding your last paragraph - can we try for world peace instead? I think we're far more likely to achieve that...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marie Peer Sent: Thursday, 23 December, 2004 14:43 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF or Other Fillable Forms Thank you all for your very helpful information about pdf files. It sounds like there are advantages amongst the disadvantages. All I want for Christmas is a perfect computer world where all things work well all of the time and there are no head aches figuring them out. Marie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill McCumiskey Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF or Other Fillable Forms One other point to note is that (at present!) a .pdf cannot carry a virus whereas other formats can. I know of companies that will only allow .pdf attachments to e-mails, everything else is deleted by their firewalls -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C.G. Ouimet Sent: 23 December 2004 18:36 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF or Other Fillable Forms Additionally, ... While with the full Acrobat you can edit a file (change text, add pages, move pages, delete pages), the full Acrobat also allows you to protect a PDF file so that viewers may not copy and/or print and viewers that owns the full Acrobat may also not change the doocument. You can even allow viewing the document with a password. At 2004-12-23 01:16 PM, you wrote: >Marie: > >Here is a little background information that might help. Portable Document >Format (PDF) is a format that Adobe Systems created. The PDF documents >have the >following characteristics: > >1. Anyone can read and print a PDF file with the "Free" Adobe Reader. > >(This allows the developers of a document using for example Visio or any >software, to create a complex graphic drawing with text, graphics, etc & then >save it as a PDF file and everyone can then read/view/print the file and >they do >not need to buy the Visio software) > >2. Saving a file in a PDF format provides some form of protection so >others >cannot modify the document. This is a plus for authors who do not want their >information used or changed without their consent (addresses copyright >issues). > >(There are always exceptions here. If fact, Adobe sells a full software >version >that allows you to edit / change a PDF file. You can also highlight and copy >from a PDF file.) > >3. PDFs have become a common standard that almost everyone uses to some >degree in sharing documents / graphics / information. > > >Your comment about why not use *.RTF files works ok for text type documents >(assuming everyone has a word processor that reads *.RTF files). Saving files >as an RTF does not work in most graphics package like PowerPoint, Visio, etc, >but saving as a PDF does work and it retains all the graphics and text in the >PDF file. > >By the way, there are other companies that sell / market PDF software besides >Adobe, but Adobe is the market leader just like Microsoft is. > >There are well known and documented standards for PDF files. In our case when >applied to Legacy, I "believe" some of those standards were not completely >followed is why all the discussion about what version of Adobe 3,4,5,6,7 reads >what. I would expect the Legacy folks to correct that issue soon. > >Hope this helps. > >Leon Chapman >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marie Peer >Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 9:57 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF or Other Fillable Forms > >After reading the posts about PDF and needing to buy Adobe Acrobat program to >edit them, why would anyone want to use it rather than .rtf? What am I >missing? >Why wouldn't it be easier to use .rtf and then move them to whatever word >processing program? > >The only reason I've picked up in the discussions so far is that others >wouldn't >be able to change the work one has done. Do other reasons exist? > >Marie > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dick >Rhindress >Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 9:38 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PDF or Other Fillable Forms > > >Once you have created the PDF using Legacy you need to have a full copy of >Acrobat ($$$). You can open your PDF in Acrobat, then add the fields/boxes >yourself. It's tedious, but once you know how there are lots of shortcuts and >techniques for doing overlays and duplicating fields. I use that >technique for >many things I do, but haven't tried it yet with a Legacy generated PDF. >-Dick > >Michael F. Smith wrote: > > > I find that I can get people to co-operate to supply small bits of > > information if they can do it quickly and they will do it if the > > response can be automated. To that end, is it possible to create a > > PDF file that can be converted to the fillable form type PDF to be > > returned to me? Of course, I am talking about responding by email. > > > > Or, is it possible to create a HTML document that would contain boxes > > to be completed and returned to the sender? > > > > Thanks > > Mike > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > >Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > >To unsubscribe please visit: >http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 12/22/2004 > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 12/22/2004 > >Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > >To unsubscribe please visit: >http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > >Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > >To unsubscribe please visit: >http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp C.G. Ouimet Kingston, Ontario Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 12/22/2004 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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