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can you please point out the ways in which Adboe's version differs from the ISO version? thanking in advance. On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:10 PM, wes <[email protected]> wrote: > hmmm I'm pretty sure I meant facto. > > "PDF" is the de jure standard, Acrobat's special variety is the de facto > standard. > > de jure means "by the rules" while de facto means "in fact" (implying > "despite the rules, this is the reality of the situation") > > thankfully, this is changing, albeit slowly. > > -wes > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Rigel Hope <[email protected]> wrote: > >> s/facto/jure/ >> >> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:48 PM, wes <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Rigel Hope <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> "...they are designed specifically to be displayed by other adobe >> >> products..." >> >> >> >> There are so many PDF creators, some of which follow the ISO >> >> specifications ( >> >> >> http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=51502 >> >> and related), some of which dont very well, that i don't think that >> >> this statement makes much sense. >> >> >> >> >> > creators as in software applications which can be used to create PDFs? >> sure. >> > >> > creators as in people who create PDFs? most of them use adobe products to >> > create them. most of those who don't, use products tailored to create >> PDFs >> > for viewing by acrobat reader. >> > >> > that said, even if it is still more than half, this number is dwindling >> > steadily as other large organizations take on adobe's de facto standard. >> > apple and google have written PDF viewers that are not entirely lame. >> > >> > -wes >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PLUG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
