> simon, what is the difference exactly in output between printing > directly to PDF (using acrobat, not OSX) and compiling PS and > distilling? what are the (dis)advantages of each?
For one thing, the number of available options that Disiller allows, you can really fine tune your PDFs for print, screen or the web. I also find that the menu navigation is easier for a macro program like Quickeys, if you make a PDF by going through the print menu there are quite a few more menu selections involved, so I just zip through the compile postscript menu and the rest of the job is handled on another machine, freeing up my main computer, my old G4 is a whole Distiller server, packager and FTP suite just waiting for files to be sent. I have the whole Adobe Creative Suite anyway from having to make so many books (we've moved from Quark to the vastly superior Indesign), and because for quite a few things you need to be able to open EPS files in illustrator to finish the job off (a really handy program that I've relied on for years!). I'm not sure I'd go out and buy Acrobat or recommend that you do so unless you have a VERY good reason, it's pricey and for most scenarios I'm sure the OSX PDFs are fine. or me though it was just like an extra in the Adobe CS box! Simon Troup Digital Music Art _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
