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Subject:Re: Excite search engine & pdf From:"David M. Brown" <dmbrown -at- BROWN-INC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:07:23 -0700
Irene Wong (wongword -at- OZEMAIL -dot- COM -dot- AU) wrote:
>
> ... can I insert invisible words [in a PDF file] ---
> like I might include for meta data ...?
Tech writer Bruce Hartford has a nifty method. If I remember correctly, it
goes something like this:
1. Create a GIF (or JPG?) of each PDF page.
2. Place each page's image in a separate HTML file.
3. Reproduce the entire text of the page in a comment block, to
accommodate the full-text search.
4. Add interpage navigation elements to each page.
5. Create a back-of-the-book index for the greatest accessibility.
If you're listening, Bruce, is the demo site still accessible?
--David
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David M. Brown - Brown Inc.
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