Free the PDF!!
By Derek Watson, G2G3
Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF), one of the World’s most commonly used formats for electronic documents, is now an ISO International Standard (ISO 32000-1). Adobe have decided to release control to ISO, who are publishing the specifications for the current version (PDF 1.7) and updating and developing future versions.
The advent of the PDF has changed the way designers work with clients as so many meetings and presentations can be achieved by telephone with the designs being viewed closely to how they will be produced either on screen or by using a reasonable quality color printer.
The files are then sent to the printer as a PDF removing the need to send any large images or ensuring the printer has the typefaces employed.
At G2G3 we use the online commenting feature which allows numerous remote people to check and comment on the same file at the same time and automatically feed the comments back to us.
Some parts of the games kit documentation for our Simulations can also be stored online as PDFs and downloaded by the trainer for printing prior to an event rather than shipping excessive amounts of material around the globe.
And the best bit is… the viewer is free so no excuses for not having it!
Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF), one of the World’s most commonly used formats for electronic documents, is now an ISO International Standard (ISO 32000-1). Adobe have decided to release control to ISO, who are publishing the specifications for the current version (PDF 1.7) and updating and developing future versions.
The advent of the PDF has changed the way designers work with clients as so many meetings and presentations can be achieved by telephone with the designs being viewed closely to how they will be produced either on screen or by using a reasonable quality color printer.
The files are then sent to the printer as a PDF removing the need to send any large images or ensuring the printer has the typefaces employed.
At G2G3 we use the online commenting feature which allows numerous remote people to check and comment on the same file at the same time and automatically feed the comments back to us.
Some parts of the games kit documentation for our Simulations can also be stored online as PDFs and downloaded by the trainer for printing prior to an event rather than shipping excessive amounts of material around the globe.
And the best bit is… the viewer is free so no excuses for not having it!
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