In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Harold Fuchs) wrote:
> *From:* Harold Fuchs <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Date:* Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:49:18 +0000 > > On 16 December 2010 10:41, Marcello Romani > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Il 16/12/2010 11:08, Harold Fuchs ha scritto: > > > > On 16 December 2010 07:15, Marcello > > Romani<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> <snip> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> PDF is not meant for editing. Period. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> <snip> > >> > >> So you are saying that after first saving my PDF document (which > I made > >> using Acrobat) it's cast in stone and I can't edit it or send it > to my > >> colleague (who also has Acrobat) for review/edit. Not sure about > that ... > >> > >> > > No, I'm saying PDF was not /designed/ to be edited. The fact that > > one can > > edit a PDF is to be taken as an unintended feature. > > > > > Why bother to write the Acrobat software if PDF is not *designed* > to be > edited? Under your assumption a "pseudo printer" would be all that > was > necessary. > > -- > Harold Fuchs > London, England > Please reply *only* to [email protected] > The purpose of producing a pdf is twofold: to generate a platform independent document; and to produce one that can be circulated but one that is not subject to editing by other hands, so that the receiver gets a document that can be relied on to be in the form that the originator intended. Niall Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
