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WTF is it with colleges and PDF files?
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RaynorWolfcastle
Diamond Member
uh, the fact that your sociology prof doesn't know how to set Acrobat correctly doesn't make PDF suck as a format.
Ah, tell me more. I bought a Canon 8400F, and was thrilled with how quickly and easily it can create a PDF, however they are HUGE. I didn't notice any settings for reducing them. 😕
Edit: Nevermind, I think I found it in the manual I just downloaded (original is still in the box). There's a "settings" window that can be brought up to make adjustments, and one of them is image resolution. No doubt that will be the culprit.
Zenmervolt
Elite member
I know exactly why most places use PDF: Document security. PPT slides are converted to PDF for distribution because they are copyrighted instructional materials and belong to the professors. They do _not_ want to see their own slides ending up in other PPT presentations and making them available only in PDF makes it more difficult for students to plagarise them.
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SarcasticDwarf
Diamond Member
Yeah, and these are the same profs that make it 1 slide per page, jacking up paper use.
RaynorWolfcastle
Diamond Member
How lazy can you get, converting to PDF is as simple as printing 😕
Zenmervolt
Elite member
There's an easy printer setting in Acrobat reader where you can specify 2, 4, 6, or 9 "pages" per printed sheet of paper...
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speg
Diamond Member
Dude, my university uses a lot of PDF's and I love it. In fact, I ask my prof's specifically if they can publish their notes/presentations etc in pdf. And yes that includes powerpoint. In fact, ESPECIALLY powerpoint. You know why? BEcasue PDF = relaible. Whether I'm in class, on my notebook, in the labs, at home, on a my Mac or PC it's always going to work AND display correctly. So many times I've opened some file and the characters are all screwed up. PDF brings a standard that everyone can read. When you've got all those scenarios I just listed x50 students you are bound to have problems unless you have a standard. PDF is that standard.
PDF is fine, the bloated reader for it that is Acrobat 7 is not. Hopefully thats one of the things they work on after the merger - doubt it though.
PDF works because you can convert nearly anything to a PDF from Mathematica and MATLAB code to PowerPoint to Word and like was said above, if it coverted fine, it will look fine on any computer that has the reader (a version above which you specify when distilling the PDF)
PDF works because you can convert nearly anything to a PDF from Mathematica and MATLAB code to PowerPoint to Word and like was said above, if it coverted fine, it will look fine on any computer that has the reader (a version above which you specify when distilling the PDF)
Rock Hydra
Diamond Member
I was thinking something about the same.
lobadobadingdong
Lifer
not to mention document security and that is easily printable unlike various other formats can be.
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