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Old March 22nd 19, 03:14 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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In article , Mayayana
wrote:

I think it's worth remembering that PDF is basically
a commercial format. It has two main purposes.

1) To print accurately.

2) To provide a relatively immutable document vehicle
for business/commercial/government.


it's much more than just that.

In other words, it's not supposed to let you adjust
it. That's the whole point. That's also why it's such a
horrendous format for actually reading content or
doing much of anything other than printing.


nonsense. pdf is ideal for reading content, which is why many, many
ebooks are distributed in pdf (as well as epub), without the need to
print anything.

But for official people who want to exchange official
documents, PDF allows them at least a functional
level of immutability. HTML, by contrast, is a sort of
peoples' format. It's fairly easy to learn. There are
free editors. And it's very easy to edit. But if someone
wants to send you a contract or other legal paper,
HTML feels wishy washy. PDF feels like a lockbox with
a piece of paper inside.


a contract by its very nature *must* be read-only. being able to edit
it after the fact would be bad.

and as i said, there's much more to pdf than just that.
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