>Actually, I should clarify my comments about pdf. Acrobat Reader is
>free & cross-platform (at last Mac & Windows), but to create pdf
>files you do need to purchase the full version of Acrobat. However,
>it's simple to create Acrobat files - you simply print your document
>to the Acrobat driver instead of a printer. Therefore the files can
>be anything you can create & print from any application. Acrobat
>reader is free and can be downloaded (most web sites that provide
>content this way have a link to the download site). I assume you
>can buy Acrobat from Adobe's web site (as you've probably already
>found out if you've visited there).
>
>
>>OK sounds like a plan. Does anyone know the specifics of pdf file format or
>>where I can find this out? In the mean time I'll try Adobe. Is Acrobat cross
>>platform? Also is it free to distribute Acrobat?
>>>
>>> I haven't yet begun to mess with this kind of thing, but it strikes
>>> me that you might want to think about creating pdf files for this
>>> purpose. After all, Acrobat is free...
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dave Tremmel
>>>
Adobe provides information on this, but it's fairly detailed. It's in
a document available on their web site, called, "Portable Document
Format Reference Manual." The file name is pdfspec.pdf. I got it from
<http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/DOCS/pdfspec.pdf>
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