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Subject:Re: PDF and Online Doc Query From:Christopher Carmichael <chrisc -at- SYNERGYMICRO -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:00:39 -0700
At 12:00 PM -0700 10.17.1997, Walter Hanig wrote:
>Depending on the users' platforms, you could use FrameMaker or Word
>documents and provide the respective viewers.
>
The Word view is only on the PC platform -- at least as of today when I
went to the site. One reason for .pdf file(s) is/are the use across
various platforms. I do not know of any other reader or word processor/DTP
that can do that -- well, there is ASCII.
Chris
San Diego
Not the views of my employeer, but my dog likes 'em.
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