[AT] Off topic Open Office PDF UPDATE Larry Goss

Stephen Offiler soffiler at gmail.com
Sat Oct 25 05:39:53 PDT 2008


Correction, Larry, PDF stands for PORTABLE Document File according to Adobe.

SO

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Larry Goss <rlgoss at insightbb.com> wrote:
> If we really want to be technically accurate, all word processors have had the ability to generate PDF files since printers started using scalable fonts.  The Printer files from all word processors can be sent to a file on your hard drive instead of to the printer.  Those files are the basis for PDF's (Print Document Files).  The major change is that the process can now be automatic from a single icon available in the word processor menus instead of making a series of choices from the printer menus..
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brad Gunnells <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 13:34
> Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic Open Office PDF UPDATE  Larry Goss
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
>> Unless you've paid money to acquire Adobe Acrobat Standard or
>> Adobe
>> Acrobat Professional you wouldn't have the ability to "create"
>> PDF
>> files. Most folks have probably downloaded the free Acrobat
>> Reader as
>> a way to open existing PDF files. I see now Adobe now allows you
>> to
>> create PDF file from Acrobat Reader through their website
>> but
>> requires a subscription to do that.
>>
>> My guess is your ability to "create" PDF files comes from
>> Open
>> Office. Mac OS X incorporated the ability to create PDF files a
>> few
>> years ago. My guess is since PDF is such a widely accepted
>> standard
>> you will see more programs with that capability.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Oct 24, 2008, at 12:09 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>
>> > Yep that is the way I see it.  It's also possible that
>> the PDF icon
>> > would
>> > not even show up if I didn't have Acrobat on my computer.
>> >
>> > Charlie
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-
>> > tractor.com>
>> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:01 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic Open Office PDF UPDATE Larry Goss
>> >
>> >
>> >> Thanks, Charlie.  It could be doing it either way, but
>> the fact
>> >> that the
>> >> process is available one way or another is helpful.  I
>> guess the
>> >> only way
>> >> we would know is if someone who has a barebones version of
>> Open
>> >> Office
>> >> loaded on a computer with no Adobe Acrobat files would try
>> it.  My
>> >> guess
>> >> is that no one has such a pristine computer available.
>> >>
>> >> Larry
>> >>
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