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Acrobat
GUIDE -
This is a fully indexed 1.6Mb PDF file distributed by Adobe.
In this guide, you will find products and services grouped
in categories for a variety of uses--from document
management to consulting services to internet services. Of
special interest in this Winter/Spring1997 issue is a list
of international third-party vendors. This guide will help
you explore all the available products and services
compatible with Acrobat software.
Adobe
3rd Party Directory
A PDF file is available online that features descriptions
and weblinks to major vendors providing products and
services relevant to the evolution of PDF and Electronic
Document Systems.
Adobe
Download Site
Here is a good site for finding out if there are any new
downloadable versions available for Acrobat components as
well as any other Adobe product.
Adobe
pdfmarks Reference Guide -
Adobe has created a reference guide specific to the subject
of pdfmarks. It can be downloaded as a PDF file (78K).
Blueworld's
Acrobat User Forum
This is one of the two best Acrobat lists on the internet.
The other being PDFzone
(which is generally busier and more technical).
Deja
News
DejaNews has forums on a very broad spectrum of topics.
However, its forums do not operate the way PDFZone or
Blueworld do (which operate through your emailer). Instead,
you access Deja News' forums on the web and reply to
messages via your browser. I prefer using the emailer, but
that's my "humble opinion." At any rate, they have a very
active forum on the PDF format called comp.text.pdf. To
subscribe, go to their New
User page and then Register.
You can then proceed to the Add Forums area where you can
enter comp.text.pdf as the forum you wish to add.
Glyphica
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Consultancy and services provider for corporate PDF
implementation. Glyphica has just started (10/1/97) the
publication of a monthly webzine called PurePDF
which offers a good source of breaking information, Tips and
Tricks and success stories on the use of PDF.
Guru's
Lair - Acrobat Library Shelf Directory
This library shelf gives you the key tutorials and utilities
you'll need to use and apply net-friendly Acrobat 3.0.
Imagebiz
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Homesite for access to Adobe Capture® lab tests and the
studies of Tony McKinley, author of From Paper to
Web. This book is also available on-line as a series of
PDF files linked to this site.
Imaging World
Magazine
A repository for all of the latest information on
developments in the imaging and EDS world.
INFOCON
AMERICA
This company takes a whole installation view of PDF
publishing solutions. It represents products like
Pitstop™, Infolink™, and EasyView™, and
provides website, training, discount software pricing, and
installation support through its partner company
relationships.
Internet
Publishing with Acrobat -
Companion site for a comprehensive book written by Gorden
Kent on the subject of publishing on the internet using
Acrobat 3.0 PDF files. There is an on-line PDF version of
the 400 page book ready for download (2135K).
Michael Jahn
Perhaps the most informed expert on the subject of pre-press
application of the PDF format is Michael Jahn, PDF
Evangelist (actual title!) of AGFA. His email address is
michael_jahn@agfa.com. He has his own website where he has
published:
- Michael Jahn's PDF
WorkFlow presentation (PDF 1.1Mb)
- AGFA's How
to Distill brochure (PDF 83K)
Octavo -
If you assume that only crisp and clean text documents can
(or should be) archived using this technology, take a look
at the work being done by
Octavo. This company specializes in archiving old book
and rare manuscripts in their original form, preserving the
look of the original paper text and binding. They use
sophisticated cameras and Acrobat for compressing storing
and distributing the finished work. These are necessarily
larger than usual files, but the benefits are obvious. See a
PDF sample (5 pages, 1170K) of Shakespeare
poems.
PDF
Directory -
A listing of self-described Acrobat implementers broken down
into categories including: Government, Business,
Organization, Education, People, and Services.
PDF
Solutions -
A U.K.-based service providing PDF Workflow consultation -
primarily for prepress implementations.
PDFzone-
This excellent site contains descriptions of all software,
including 3rd party plug-ins and demos, that is currently
available to augment PDF implementations. It is also the
home of PDF Forums where users can upload their concerns and
questions and get answers from users at large.
PDF
Zone User Forum
This is one of the two best Acrobat lists on the internet
(the other being Blueworld).
It appears to be the busiest with over 2000 subscribers.
RTS
PlanetPDF -
Round Table Solutions offers a website to showcase their
specific plug-in products for Adobe Acrobat. Additionally,
they offer a PDFhotlinks signup listing of contacts
interested in networking to help address the challenges of
working with Acrobat PDF technology. ARTS
Code Cuts offers invaluable PDF scripts, command line
codes, news and technical resources for Acrobat developers
and the technically inclined.
VectorVille
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Shows what you can do with a little focused passion.
Vectorville is a production of Bezier, Inc., Ted and
Jennifer Alspach's company located in Cave Creek, AZ. Ted is
a vector evangelist and the author of numerous books
regaling the virtues of vector graphics. Notably, for the
purposes of this site, he wrote the Visual Quickstart Guide
to Adobe Acrobat for PeachPit Press.
Xplor
International
This Torrance, CA based company offers a wealth of advice on
EDS (Electronic Document Systems). Run by Dr. Keith
Davidson, Xplor serves as a membership group that even
evaluates the professional standing of its members and
confers the coveted EDPP degree designation on those meeting
the requirements for experience, dedication and scholarship
in the field of EDS. It also hosts conferences throughout
the world on the subject.
Yale
C/AIM Web Style Guide
"All you ever wanted to know"... and more about designing
web pages either accessible via HTML or as a downloadable
PDF
series of files, written by the Yale Center for Advanced
Instructional Media. The complete volume is 26Mb.
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