On 07/12/2012 05:54 AM, Juan Miguel Jimenez wrote: > Hello everybody! hello
> I would like to know if there is any way to compare or make a diff > with the differents embbeded revisions contained in a pdf document. That's PDFedit's best feature. It allows you to save revisions within a PDF. See quote below. Cheers, - eric http://pdfedit.petricek.net/bt/view.php?id=301 > Summary 0000301: File->Save a Copy doesn't save changes made > Description As a test, I edited a form and selected Save a Copy > and gave it a name. When I open the new file, it's only the original > blank form. > > I was expecting it to be the PDF form with the changes I'd made. then a little further down ... (0000776) hockm0bm 03-31-09 15:34 > As you may have guessed, I didn't read the manual. I just expected it to be > intuitive. I gather from the manual quotation that this is "normal" > behaviour, although I must confess I don't really understand the revisioning > system it mentions. Do not hesitate and ask about that on our pdfedit-support mailing list. > > From a purely intuitive point of view, "save a copy" implies (to me) > savinging a copy of the document you have in front of you, changes (edits) > and all. You are right. The name is rather misleading. Copy revision would be much more intuitive as this is exactly what is done. I will talk to the rest of the team about this change. Btw. Why do you use this functionality in the first place? > > While I suppose, technically, you can close the report since the behaviour is > apparently normal, I suspect it's going to cause further confusion among > those of us who simply want to edit a PDF form but who aren't otherwise > fluent in the technical details of PDFs. Are you OK with the renaming to Copy revision? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Pdfedit-support mailing list Pdfedit-support@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdfedit-support
