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Date sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:36:14 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [PDF] Non-printing backgrounds????? Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > At 12:20 AM +0100 6/27/03, Gary wrote: > >I want to create a PDF with a coloured background on screen but that doesn't > >print (amongst other things, to save ink). > > OK... > > > >I can't find an obvious way to do it > > In Acrobat 5, there is no way to do this. > On the contrary - it can be done with templates. Add the background feature as as many pages as there are in the document, then treat each 'real' page of the document as a template and apply them one-at-a-time to the pages containing the background feature. Then throw away the original pages. It takes half a dozen lines of JavaScript. > In Acrobat 6, you can use the new Layers feature... > > > Leonard > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. 215-629-3700 (voice) > 215-629-0789 (fax) > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > -- Matthew Fitzgerald Byte Ryte bv Oudegracht 219 NL 3511 NH Tel: +31 (0)30 2380023 Fax: +31 (0)30 2380076 http://www.byteryte.nl To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
