Archive for April, 2007
PDF Readers: What are the options?
Given the plethora of PDF Creators that are out there, you might expect there to be quite a few options for free PDF Readers as well, but this isn’t the case. There really are only two stand out options. The first option, Adobe Reader, is king of the mountain and has been around, in it’s [...]
PDF Download (Firefox Add-on)
I have been using a handy Firefox Add-on called PDF Download for the past few months. This add-on allows you to specify whether you want to view a PDF file inside your Firefox browser or if you want to download it to your desktop. Without this add-on any PDF links that you click on would [...]
PDF links on web pages
What is the best practice for including PDF links on your website? It’s simple, make sure that the user knows what they are getting themselves into. I can’t count the number of times that I’ve clicked on a web link, only to discover that the link goes to a PDF that’s 20MB, and on a [...]
Free Sudoku PDFs
Fans of Sudoku rejoice. You can now download free Sudoku books in PDF format from www.printsudoku.com. Go on check it out. It’s guaranteed to frustrate you for hours.
Inaugural PDF/A Conference held
Could 2007 be the year that PDF/A breaks on through to the other side? It’s certainly gotten off to a pretty good start with the first ever PDF/A Conference being held in Stuttgart, Germany, by the PDF/A Competence Center. The event ran between the 8-9th of March and reportedly attracted over 200 attendees, which is [...]
