<VV> ONLINE COMMUNIQUE'... PDF PROCESS & MORE

[Mike Kost]

There was a version of Acrobat Reader a few years ago which removed the 
ability to copy and paste text but it has been back in the last couple 
of versions. I find a PDF file much easier to deal with than HTML for 
this type of document and find that most publishing (not web specific) 
software does a much better job of creating PDF than HTML. Where you 
have a problem with a PDF is if the program creates the PDF as graphics 
rather than text. Most HTML is also a pain to print and get to look good.

Mike Kost

P.S. I get several professional publications which are available as web 
versions (HTML or a collection of PDFs connected by HTML) and find I 
much prefer the print version for browsing and also find that most of 
the web versions (which are not a single file) leave out some 
interesting content (or maybe I just can't find it) that is in the print 
version.

Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per wrote:
> I can tell that you're an avid internetter, because you don't 
> capitalize, or punctuate, anything ...
> (My students don't even capitalize their own names anymore !)
>
> Seriously though, a single PDF file for the entire magazine is the 
> deal breaker here, right ?  Why not a couple of keystrokes, and save 
> several, or simply dump it to HTML, for faster download times, plus 
> copy'n'paste work better, to print out what we want (like the 
> classified ads)