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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:43:19 -0700
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- From: "Geof Peters (TRUTH)" <TRUTH@CORRAL.UWYO.EDU>
- Subject: TAN: Adobe's Acrobat
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- Hello Folks:
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- I just read an article mentioning Adobe's new flagship product for
- PostScript utilities. It appears that with their new product "Acrobat"
- you will be able to view postscript documents. (at last!) It appears to
- convert also convert PS docs into a compressed version call portable
- document format. Here is an excerpt for those who are interested:
-
- "What makes Acrobat interesting is this: to author documents -- that is,
- to create fully formatted documents that can be read on screen -- all you
- need is Acrobat reader software and an application with Postscript output.
- The documents will be relatively small, making them easier to distribute
- on a network or via diskette or CD-ROM.
- The reader software, to be available in Windows, DOS and Macintosh
- formats, will let users view Postscript documents that have been converted
- to a special format called portable document format, or PDF."
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- The PDF file attains its compressed qualities by including only the
- font metrics, using a compression utility similar to JPEG, and still will
- be stored as an ASCII file. Later support will be offered for SGML.
-
- It looks like Adobe really wants to make the move to a paperless office
- by enabling users to store complex layout documents in small space and
- still offer support (ASCII) for transmission via generic Email.
-
- Geof.
-
- (Quotation comes from "Datamation", Dec. 15, 1992 Edition)
-