TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: Acrobat 4.0 Good News/Bad News From:"DIMEO LOWMAN, LINDA (SWBT)" <lm3142 -at- MOMAIL -dot- SBC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 May 1999 13:16:02 -0500
When viewing the document in the 4.0 Reader, you can Edit, Select All text,
then do a Find. This is as good as the Select Text functionality in Reader
3.01 for the interim period.
Linda DiMeo Lowman
SBC Communications, Inc.
Analyst/Technical Writer
314-331-1592 mailto:lm3142 -at- momail -dot- sbc -dot- com
-----Original Message-----
From: Michele Marques [mailto:mmarques -at- CMS400 -dot- COM]
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 8:51 AM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: Acrobat 4.0 Good News/Bad News
I read through the most recent digest, and would like to add a
couple of points:
1) Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 is all that is needed to "clearer"
images on-screen. I have produced lots of PDF documents with
Acrobat Exchange 3.0; the print version is clear in Reader 3, but
the on-screen graphics often are illegible (unless magnified). It did
take a while before I found the correct settings to even get to this
point. I have looked at these same documents with Adobe Acrobat
Reader 4.0, and the graphics look fantastic!
2) If you are truly desperate to use Acrobat Reader 4.0 and have
search capabilities (and don't mind warning messages every time
you start Reader), you can install Acrobat Reader 3 + Search, then
install Acrobat Reader 4 into the same directory. I got warning
messages whenever I started Reader, but the Search did work.
My decision has been to stick with Acrobat 3 (and distribute
Reader 3 + Search) for now, and upgrade only when Acrobat
Reader 4 + Search is available.
