[Grovenet] Adobe question

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Adobe makes a LOT of different programs. 

Just about *any* word processor program will let insert ASCII text and
format it. ASCII is just 'plain text' without the special formatting
characters word processors and other software insert. 

Which program is right for you depends upon the format you need.

>From your mention of $300 I'll guess you are trying to create an Adobe
Acrobat file, officially called a "Portable Document File" and has the
extension "pdf". That's a format commonly used to share documents across
various computer platforms, operating systems, etc., because a free reader
is available for all common systems so the documents can be read, complete
with formatting and inserted graphics, just as originally "published".
(Actually several companies tried to get their format to be the "standard"
years ago, but Adobe has remained the all-time favorite, especially for
documents shared via the WWW). 

That's a proprietary document format and the way Adobe stays in business is
to sell the program to create the documents while it gives away the reader
to view them for free. 

Adobe offers an option to buying the program. You can convert our documents
created in the word processor or desktop publishing program of your choice
into PDF files for a small monthly subscription fee. See
http://createpdf.adobe.com/ for details.

I've been told there are some cheap third-party programs that will produce
files readable in the Acrobat viewer. I create Acrobat documents in my
business, so I own the genuine Adobe software and haven't tried the
third-party options. Some people tell me they work fine, others say they get
system hangs for scrambled output documents. It's probably a function of the
individual computer. As in most things, you get what you pay for.

Ron D'Eau Claire 



-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Eewhisler at cs.com
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 11:23 AM
To: grovenet at rdrop.com
Subject: [Grovenet] Adobe question


For the computer experts out there:  I need to be able to import  ASCII text

files and convert them to be printed in the format I need. I've heard Adobe 
can do this, but it costs $300, so I need to know beforehand. I've tried
down 
loading a free trial version, but some glitch won't let me do that.  Does
anyone 
have the Adobe program and know if it does, indeed, do this?

Ellaine   
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