RE: Nielsen frags PDF with misinformative Alertbox... AGAIN!

Subject: RE: Nielsen frags PDF with misinformative Alertbox... AGAIN!
From: DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:17:34 -0600


> As an example of what can be done, take a look at this:
>
> http://www.tp4.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/SoftwareDocs/pdfsc/manual-screen.pdf
>

Very pretty to look at, but hard to read. Putting text in graphic format is a classic PDF error that punishes the user unnecessarily. Isn't there a way to create the exact same design, but with text that the user can resize for easy viewing?

[I won't even *mention* the full justification -- oops, I just did.]

Dan Goldstein


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