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1. jrm

   PDF is not a totally open format, right? Is there a danger lurking there? Does an option exist that provid…

   Saturday, 30-May-15 23:20:05 UTC from quitter.no
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   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

     You can use #Postscript or #LaTeX instead of PDF. But at least one version of #PDF is a free and open format, although not the one currently hawked by Adobe.

     Sunday, 31-May-15 01:45:44 UTC
   • lnxw48 Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

     @bobjonkman I'm not seeing context, but some #PDF tools (including #Adobe's Acrobat version 10 and 11) allow producing open-standard versions PDF/A and PDF/X. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to get them to default to standardized versions.

     Sunday, 31-May-15 01:52:06 UTC
   • lnxw48 Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

     @bobjonkman @jrm Okay, now I found the context. In #LibreOffice Writer, click File → Export as PDF ... → and under "General" tab, click PDF/A-1a to produce open-standard #PDF file. PDF/A is standardized format for Archiving, so a lot …

     Sunday, 31-May-15 02:22:04 UTC
   • vinzv Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca , lnxw48

     @jrm @bobjonkman @lnxw48 PDF is in general a free standardized file format. But often PDFs are produced with Adobe products, mostly in printing related things. With PDF/A or PDF/X3 you are on the safe side.

     Sunday, 31-May-15 02:47:08 UTC
   • lnxw48 Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca , lnxw48 , vinzv

     RP @vinzv @jrm @bobjonkman @lnxw48 PDF is in general a free standardized file format. But often PDFs are produced with Adobe products, mostly in printing related things. With PDF/A or PDF/X3 you are on the safe side.

     Sunday, 31-May-15 02:52:55 UTC
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca libreoffice , lnxw48

     @lnxw48 Thanx for that @LibreOffice #PDF settings hint. I thought that !LibreOffice wouldn't produce anything BUT Free & Open PDFs by default

     Sunday, 31-May-15 17:04:03 UTC
   • windigo vinzv

     @vinzv I always thought this was a dirty practice for Adobe to engage in. PDF is much less appealing as a result. :P

     Sunday, 31-May-15 17:15:51 UTC
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca GNU's Not Unix , jookia

     @jookia I use !GNU command 'file document.pdf' which tells me it's a PDF document, version 1.2

     Sunday, 31-May-15 20:41:46 UTC