Gary
>
>>>>> Therefore, I suggest that every OOo/LO PDF file be so converted by
>>>>> Adobe Acrobat Professional afterward, prior to release so that
>>>>> OOo/LO users will have that extra functionality.
>>>> What purpose do you want this functionality for?
>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>> It seems foolish not to so enable them for the Comment and Review
>>>>> function, considering its ease to do so with no added cost or real
>>>>> time and effort...
>>>> But for what purpose?
>>>>
>>>> Nino
>>> DUH! For any users wanting to add any highlighting and such--a thing
>>> typically done by millions of students and others over the past few decades
>>> on their printed material and books by (usually yellow-colored) magic
>>> markers. That highlighting functionality can also be done now electronically
>>> on PDFs (as it is commonly done on such converted PDFs) and even carried
>>> over to printed hard copy, if users so desire to print them out afterward.
>>>
>>> In addition to highlighting, editorial comments and the like by users could
>>> also be added directly to the PDF documents, among other capabilities.
>> The big hole in that idea is that Adobe Acrobat Professional is a
>> Windows/MAC-only application that costs $449 US per license. That
>> leaves out those of us who use Linux... and the team members that
>> cannot afford that rather high license cost.
>>
>> It may be a nice-to-have feature, but due to cost and OS restrictions,
>> it will probably remain a nice-to-have.
>>
>> C.
>>
> Does anyone know what pdf functionality LO exports have? I have never
> tested it myself, no interest until now.
>
> If they have the desire functionality then there is no reason to use
> Acrobat, just export from LO. Personally I do not highlight books or
> e-texts. For e-texts I use formatting to highlight important items for
> the reader. If something you can using formating in the original to draw
> the readers/users attention to it. If I need to edit a pdf file, I can
> use pdf Edit in Linux and I assume there are Windows/Mac equivalents.I never mentioned that any reader of LO PDFs would need to use Acrobat.
Only one person at LO docs needs to employ Acrobat Professional--a
brain-dead, simple, less-than-a-minute task--to enable any future users
to employ Comment and Review on their PDFs.It's really that difficult a concept. It imparts useful functionality,
even though you might not ever use it. Millions do... on their printed
documents, including books and memos.Gary
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Gary Schnabl
Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is...Technical Editor forum <http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/>
You are missing the point - I do not need Acrobat to generate a pdf
file. You can do it easily in LO. The pdf will open in Reader with no
problems. I just did it, accepting the default settings since was not
sure what all the settings did. Actually this was the first time I had
seen these settings and I suspect they setting for Reader/Acrobat. I
would not be surprised it you picked the correct settings you would get
the behavior you wanted.