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Linda Harrison wrote:
>
> I am doing a bit of reading in the Adobe Acrobat Help files, and
> they keep using the term "repurpose" as in "With Acrobat, you can
> easily repurpose the contents of your documents using structured
> or tagged Adobe PDF files."
>
> Can someone please tell me what they mean by "repurpose"? I have
> no idea, and I cannot find a
> definition of this term in their text.
The Microsoft Lexicon defines "repurpose" as a [Fairly useless
neologism meaning to redesign for use in another context. Ex:
"We'll repurpose the reviews in the core product to use on the
website."] http://www.cinepad.com/mslex_3.htm
One can also characterize "repurposing" as a class of Mandate
unilaterally launched by Marketing without adequately consulting
Development or Support. heh.
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