... But doesn't the rtf format ensure precisely that ? I really do not
see the point in using pdf, which is a nuisance if you want to work on
the document later.
Clayton a écrit :
On 12/16/10 11:49, Harold Fuchs wrote:
PDF is not meant for editing. Period.
<snip>
So you are saying that after first saving my PDF document (which I
made
using Acrobat) it's cast in stone and I can't edit it or send it to my
colleague (who also has Acrobat) for review/edit. Not sure about
that ...
No, I'm saying PDF was not /designed/ to be edited. The fact that
one can
edit a PDF is to be taken as an unintended feature.
Why bother to write the Acrobat software if PDF is not *designed* to be
edited? Under your assumption a "pseudo printer" would be all that was
necessary.
PDF was never designed to be an editable format.
From the ISO PDF abstract (yes, PDF is much older than this ISO
document, but the definition of what a PDF is, is pretty much the same
now as it was almost 20 years ago)
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=51502 :
ISO 32000-1:2008 specifies a digital form for representing electronic
documents to enable users to exchange and view electronic documents
independent of the environment in which they were created or the
environment in which they are viewed or printed.
PDF has always been about being able to exchange, view and print
documents regardless of the original software used to _create_ the PDF.
Yes you "can" edit PDFs directly using various applications such as
Inkscape or Adobe Acrobat, but in reality, PDF is simply a delivery
format that can be read and printed (unless printing is restricted) on
any current OS. It is a delivery format that ensures that the end
user can view the document if they do not have access to the original
document and original software used to create the PDF.
In effect PDF is a digital printout of a document.
C.
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