Thread: PDFs like or hate.

arghh.... i'm deleting all senseless posts on this thread. if you have an issue with govtcheez, pm him or another mod.

>>you can't copy text
Yes you can. On one condition, that the creator of the pdf didn't dissable it in his sicurity form.
In acrobat reader, ther is a button with a 'T' on it, press it, select your text and copy it to the clipboard. Same goes for images (that's a diffrent button I think)

I like PDF's. I'm making a webaplication with a database and I need to print out some nice forms for customers (with comapny logo etc. ) and I'm going from php to pdf. That way it is easyer to print from a html document (and much nicer).

But reading a book from pdf sucks. I can't keep my concentration for more then one page. I still prefer the paper version

>>Sometimes it can be annoying since the files can be large
Usualy (sp?) pdf's are much smaller then the original document


maybe on a side note, but if anyone is interested in program that converts html to pdf, try "HTMLDOC". I use it when I save a webpage. that way, you won't have that directory with files and stuff, just one pdf file

that way, you won't have that directory with files and stuff, just one pdf file

thats not that bright, not all end-users have the pdf reader installed on their computer, thats the main reason for html(portablility)

you can't compare HTML with PDF, they are both totaly different things

you dont understand me, you said u saved ur html files as one pdf file, that give me the right to compare them

yeah, I use them for offline viewing or when I need to printout a website. In that case, maybe you can compare them. But I thought you meant with online viewing, as in an alternative to html and a webbrowser. My mistake

www.pdf995.com

Another way of creating PDF-files with free tools is using GhostScript.

A lot of information is available on the internet in PDF-documents. Just search for "filetype:pdf <topic>" to get a lot of PDF-documents about that topic. And also PDF-reader is free available for download. And also you can store PDF-documents on your harddisk to read later or to send to collegues or friends. These are the main reasons why I am not against PDF.

It has some good thigs such as:
It has good formatting.
You would like if you are creating the file.

And bad things:
It is large in size.
Sometimes PRINT is disabled.
Cannot copy text.
The reader itself isn't that good.

with all the bad things about it, why not just use .txt, its cross-platform, doesnt require a single reader to read it.......just seems like the best solution

In txt-files you can't put nice things like pictures, links, URL's and other usefull stuff.

ok maybe i was a bit hasty inmy poll but photoshop is kinda good but i never was one who liked doing graphics.

SOMETIMES IT SUCKS, BUT THAT'S VERY OFTEN *g*