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Le lundi, 23 juin 2003, � 19:15 Europe/Paris, Max Wyss a �crit :
I was talking in terms of presentations that may have a complex navigation
system consisting of lots of user feedback, lots of animation, sound, etc.
I've seen PDF used for that, but I, personally, have found that there are
other applications designed specifically for that (Flash, for instance).
There are not that many people making higher-level presentations with PDF, but you mention it. Also, we have to be aware that Acrobat can not be considered to be a presentation authoring tool.
Sorry Max, but I can't completly agree with you.
After trying some multimedia authoring tools like Director (since version 3), Apple Media Tools, Katabounga, iShell, HyperCard, etc. I can ensure you that Acrobat is one of the most perenial authoring tool. Obviously, this require a good JavaScript knowledge but it's not more difficult than Lingo or any proprietary scripting language...
The main advantage is that PDF aren't provided as executable files, this mean that nowadays a 7 years old authored PDF project burned on a CD-Rom can be played natively on Mac OSX or Win XP with Adobe Reader 6.
Try that with an 7 years old Director or anything-else exe... you need to launch Classic or Win98 emulator, pray for compatibility, etc.
Or re-mastering the whole project...
But since Acrobat don't provide a global management tool, PDF is obviously limited to small projects, says about 25/40 screens maximum.
JR
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