Re: pdf format

Hi Everyone :)  I fiddled around with this a bit with my scanner - I scanned
a document in and was going to save it as a "pdf' (which stands for Portable
Document Format), but couldn't because it told me I don't have "PDF writer"
(which I knew).  So, I believe, at least with my Visioneer/Paperport (older)
software I can't save documents as pdf's unless I have Adobe Acrobat Writer.
My scanner is about a year older than my computer, and has needed to be
replaced , so maybe a newer scanner doesn't need the Acrobat Writer.  I have
been able to save documents as Paperport self viewing files - and they are
similar to pdfs, where anyone can open the document because a mini-viewer
software is embedded in the document.  I don't know if those can have a
"search mode", and I tend to doubt it - No- I just tried to search some
self-viewing files - it will let me print or copy but has no search ability.


Laurie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roth, Barry" <BRoth@BROBECK.COM>
To: <IGSROBIN@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: pdf format


> Sandy,
>
> I'm not sure of the details -- I'm not the guy here who does the scanning
> (yet).  But my impression is that ".pdf" is a setting on the scanner
itself.
> You tell it what format you wish the output to be in and .pdf is one
option.
> You scan, and you wind up with a file in .pdf format.  To edit such a
file,
> I think you would need Adobe Acrobat.  But simply to read it, which is
what
> would be wanted on a CD such as we are talking about, you only need Adobe
> Acrobat Reader, a much simpler program.  If I've got any of this wrong,
I'm
> sure someone will correct me.
>
> Barry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Connerley [s*@SURFARI.NET]
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 4:46 PM
> To: IGSROBIN@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: pdf format
>
>
> Barry,
>     When you scan into pdf format, do you scan into Adobe Acrobat, or do
> you scan into your usual program, like I use Adobe Photoshop?
> Sandy
>
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