Re: [WinMac] PDFWriter vs. Distiller

Mr Stux(stux[at]mactrix.com)
Fri, 9 Oct 98 01:06:19 +1000

>I haven't used PDFWriter in a while, but my experience on both
>Mac and Windows, was that it do a very poor job of handlng graphics.
>I would not use it in any case that included anything other than text.
>
>But, even though I =thought= I tested this again with version 3.0,
>I can't swear that I did, so if someone knows to th contrary, they're
>probably right.
I find an excellent use for PDFwriter is for printing webpages!!!

Sure they're big but by gollly... it beats saving as text! or source...

I think in MacOS 8.5 Sherlock can also index PDF files... is this true?
or is it just being silly and indexing a whole pile of PS commands?

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