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> David Knopf asks:
>
> >Why wouldn't you edit the source files from which the PDF was generated,
> and
> >then re-create the PDF? After all, any changes you make to the PDF must
> >still be reflected in the source files, no?
>
> Well, we were looking at this as a time-saver,
> as some of our manuals take over 2 hours
> to distill (for whatever reason). This would
> (if it could) allow us to skip the re-distill
> process, and just make the changes to the
> source file separately. As I'm reviewing this
> product, though, I think the re-distill may
> be our only option. I'll have to see, though,
> once I've messed with it some more.
>
I may have already mentioned this along another conversation line, but
couldn't you just distill those pages (or sections) which have changes?
Then
you could use the Replace Pages feature to stick them in where they belong.
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Frederique Courard-Hauri FCH Communications
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