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Subject:Re: HTML vs. Adobe Acrobat From:LaVonna <lffunkhouser -at- HALNET -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 22 Mar 1996 11:04:20 -0600
Matthew B. Hicks wrote:
> Uh, has anyone actually tried to read an Acrobat doc? It's fine for
> delivering documents that you expect people to print out, but IMO it is
> not suitable for delivering info online.
Yes, I have, and I have two responses:
1. Documents *designed for* reading online in Acrobat can
be quite good. Adobe has some good ones on their "Sampler CD"
that they give out.
2. Ordinary (paper-based) documents that are converted to PDF
and viewed online can be made easier to read by using Acrobat's
"Articles" feature.
>And the
> navigation is a real chore -- even on a PowerMac, the pages are drawn
> excruciatingly slowly. I hate PDF files.
Most pages I deal with appear rather quickly, but complicated
drawings can really slow down online viewing.
