1 Jun
2005
1 Jun
'05
7:18 p.m.
Bj?rn Vermo <bv at norbionics.com> wrote:
In general, I have a strong dislike for PDF files for
any other purpose
than to prepare for printing.
It is not a format that is suitable for seaching, referencing or easy
manipulation.
That's not necessarily true. It is true in the case of PDF files that
only contain scanned images.
I want my digital information to be in a format that
offers as much
syntactical information as possible, and keeps presentation separate
from content.
Did I just hear someone volunteering to OCR, proof, and index the
Bitsavers archive? Wow, I'm very impressed!
Please do not waste any time making new PDF documents,
Please don't waste any time complaining about PDF documents. In many
cases, you're lucky to get the data in any form at all.
Eric