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In Word, if you buy the full Acrobat suite, including PDF Maker, PDF
creation works on the same level as with FrameMaker.
I, too, leave the color in my online PDFs and online help . . ..
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Ross [SMTP:beth -at- vcubed -dot- com]
>
> I don't know about Word, but in FrameMaker I use color to help "jazz up"
> the
> PDFs. Headings, tables, and illustrations can make good use of colour.
> There
> is one caveat: make sure your use of colour does not render the PDF
> unprintable. I just print the PDF on my laser printer so I can be sure the
> green I chose (for instance) isn't too pale to read on the printout. Blue
> and red are good colours--they tend to print fairly dark.
