On Sat, 2012-02-11 at 07:10 -0800, Pedro wrote: > drewjensen wrote > > > > PDF is just another throw back to printing on dead trees in this regard, > > where the creator of the file sets the size of the layout when the file > > is generated. > > > > This has additional implications, such as page counts and the use of > > page numbers in a table of contents and index, > > > > That is a little unfair on PDF! PDF is excellent for archiving documents as > IF they were printed. It saves on trees and it saves on disk space (compared > to digitized images of documents).
Hi Pedro, 1st - if we continue this, and I would not mind at all, how about we kick it over to the discuss list? But for the moment. So we are in agreement - PDF does a great job of replicating the printed page. > > The fixed page size and numbering is extremely important when you are > referring to some portion of a document. It doesn't make sense to say, "in > the third paragraph of page 20" and then because the text was re-flowed to > fit in a 3" screen that paragraph is in page 100... Well, stop thinking that way (hey didn't I adomish against such statement in a recent email...ah humans we are all schytzoid)... Instead of saying "see the scratch mark on tablet 4", use a hyperlink. It will be just as valid when the pages flow differently on different devices. > Another big advantage of PDF (when loaded in a PC, Win or Linux, and > probably on a Mac) is that you can embed the fonts so you know your page > will look *exactly* like you designed it. Apparently this does not work in a > Kindle, so it is expected that they will look different because fonts are > being replaced (as in an epub) Yup - embedded fonts = hard coding. I'm not saying there is no place for PDF and it's like just that there are other ways to view the world, the new world. // drew > > Just my 2 cents ;) > > -- > View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Write2epub-tp3732714p3735140.html > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
