Moultriecreek's Favorite Links on pdf from Diigo

PDF import and hybrid PDFs as a new extension - OpenOffice.org Ninja

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:11:32 -0000

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Adobe - Accessibility Resource Center

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:47:43 -0000

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Family Matters » » Research Toolbox: PDF Reader and Creator

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:50:18 -0000

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Digitization 101: Press release: PDF should be used to preserve information for the future

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:33:57 -0000

This press release was received via the Digital-Preservation email list. Looking at the 27-page report, this caught my eye (p 23):

PDF has become a widely used file format that is integrated into many desktop applications. Before adopting any of the PDF subset file formats, organisations must consider the alternative file formats that are available, understand their content (documents and records), and how they use electronic information. It is critical to understand the purpose of the electronic information as that will be a determining factor in choosing the file format to best suit the organisation's needs.

The recommendation is not to use PDF blindly, but to use it when appropriate.

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Foxit Software Releases Foxit Reader 2.3 for Windows

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:29:14 -0000

What's new in Version 2.3?

The following is a list of exciting improvements introduced in Foxit Reader 2.3.

New features:

* Bookmark Design: Makes it possible to have your own bookmarks. Users can create, edit, or delete bookmarks in a PDF file if the security settings allow.
* Multi-tab Browsing: Enables users to open multiple files in a single instance.You can choose to view PDFs in a multi-tab window or multiple instances by setting documents layout from the Preferences dialog.
* Multimedia Player Support: Supports many media formats including audio and video. Read multimedia ebooks with Foxit Reader 2.3.
* Callout and Text box Tool: Creates comments in a callout text box or a box. You can also define their appearance as other commenting tools.
* Commenting Text Tool: Enables users to add most types of text edits by right-clicking on the selected text, including highlight, strikeout, underline, squiggly and replacement. You can also use the Commenting Text Tool to add bookmarks for PDF files.
* Rulers and Guides: Provides horizontal and vertical ruler guides to help users align and position objects on the page. Right-clicking on the ruler enables you to change the unit of measurement.
* Magnifier: Magnifies areas of the PDF files easily as you work on Foxit Reader.
* Automatic Scrolling: Allows users to view documents without using mouse actions or keystrokes.
* OCG Support: Enables the user to view related content stored in a variable number of separate layers.
* FDF Related: Opens FDF files directly with Foxit Reader without any import implementations.

Tags: PDF Foxit Reader

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Web Worker Daily » Archive Solid .PDF Alternatives to Adobe «

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:29:45 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

Recently, I became annoyed enough with constant prompts for software updates and pop-up messages from Adobe that I decided to try alternatives to Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. (I swear, they must know how annoyed people get with the constant nagging for software updates.) It turns out that there are some excellent alternatives, and if you deal with .PDF content a lot, they can save you time, hassle and disk space.

For Windows users, Foxit Reader is a completely free, useful utility for viewing .PDF files. It has a very small footprint, taking up only 2MB of disk space–about one-tenth what Adobe Reader takes. Best of all, you can perform many functions that you would typically turn to the expensive verson of Adobe Acrobat for, including editing text in .PDFs, annotating files, and saving completed .PDF forms.

In addition to taking up much less disk space than Adobe’s offerings, Foxit Reader just feels fast. It loads faster, and I get work done faster in it.

Preview, Mac OS X’s .PDF utility, is actually pretty good, but there are other tools for Mac users who want to extend what they do with .PDFs. Judi Sohn did a post on PDFPen which is a good way for Mac OS X users to extend what they do with .PDFs. It costs $50, but you can merge pages together from multiple .PDFs, cut .PDFs, sign electronic .PDF documents, repurpose .PDF content, and more. Check out PDFPen’s matrix comparing its features to Adobe Acrobat.

Tags: PDF

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