On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:08:22 +1300 Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I believe that there is a package or two from Adobe that allows you to > create scripts that mean you can turn off and on parts of a document. > e.g. You create the "super-document" then from that you sort-of compile > a pdf with parts of the super-document turned on and parts turned off. > > However I think this might be in Framemaker of some similar expensive > and proprietary software. you know me Zane, far too cheap for that! > > Hopefully SVG will provide this sort of functionality. I don't think > there is any software that fully implements the SVG promise but > hopefully it will provide everything PDF provides and more. > And unlike PDF it's an open format. > > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 04:55, Nick Rout wrote: > > I want to be able to do the following: > > > > 1. edit a pdf so it has annotated lines on it, that can be turned on & > > off. eg a survey plan with the boundaries to a prticular section > > highlighted. > > > > 2. include some buttons etc so that i can say "hit the blue button and > > you will see the outline of the section you are buying, hit the red > > button to see where the sewer easement runs" > > > > 3. make the whole thing work in acrobat reader (which is now fairly > > ubiquitous). > > > > I wanted to do it with pdf's cos that is how linz supply the title > > search info. > > > > does anyone know if this is possible? Relevance to linux? - I'll prefer > > to do it in linux of course ! > > -- > > Nick Rout > > Barrister & Solicitor > > Christchurch, NZ > > Ph +64 3 3798966 > > Fax + 64 3 3798853 > > http://www.rout.co.nz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer > Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, > University of Canterbury - Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha > Private Bag 4800, > Christchurch New Zealand Phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895 > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
