To: for-q-clinton
"Really? Name one."
WordPerfect and OpenOffice provide several all by their lonesome selves.
"What makes you say PDF can't be replaced? Or must be used? I'm asking with true sincerity. I really don't see what it provides that is so vital that other Open Standards technology or what Microsoft Technology can't also provide."
Legal documents, for one thing. For a digital document to be admissible in court, it must not be alterable without leaving behind evidence of the alterations. You can mimmick some of that with word processors, but they're easily defeated. PDF meets legal standards for court documents. I'm sure others can point out many other reasons why PDF might be required, but I don't have the time right now to delve into it. Good day and good discussion; I may be around this weekend to chat some more.
247 posted on
09/30/2005 2:43:32 PM PDT by
NJ_gent
(Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)
To: NJ_gent
Give me a link that says PDF is allowed in court and DOCs aren't.
PDF is easily modifiable. So that reason falls flat. In fact, I've done some work for big law firms that use Word exclusively. Well they used to use wordperfect but finally had to get rid of it because it just didn't get support that they needed.
But if you're talking about scanning documents about TIFF or even .png?
248 posted on
09/30/2005 3:05:03 PM PDT by
for-q-clinton
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