The simple questions are often the hardest
to answer but I’ll have a try.
- Distilling – the action/operation
required to convert any postscript file to a pdf file. This is usually
transparent (not noticed by the operator) in that starting the action (to
distill) simply ‘prints’ the file to a ‘postscript’
printer captures the postscript file which is then reduced in size,
similar to the action performed by programs such as WinZip in as much as
all redundant information is stripped out of the postscript file.
- Editing PDF Files (adding
pictures and changing text) this is much harder. There is a limited
ability to edit pdf files provided by Adobe programs BUT and it is a big
but this in many ways defeats one of the main reasons for using pdf files
which is to preserve the original intent. There are a number of third
party programs which will allow such editing but why would you want to do
this?
Peter
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From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mocohn
Sent: 22 March 2004 06:03
To: 'Pdf'
Subject: [PDF-Basics] Distilling
Can someone tell me in simple terms
what distilling is? What does it mean to be able to add data or pictures
without going through the distilling process again.
Moe
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