Le 05/12/2013 19:11, Doug McGarrett a écrit :
It should be noted that pdfs are _vector_ graphics, and therefore can be resized without loss of detail.
not always (they often embed an image)
There are a lot of applications that don't fit into the categories you mention. (And how many "ordinary" people--even engineers not employed by large corporations--have AutoCad?)
it's you that cited engeneering drawings. none can fit on an A4 page or nearly most pdf documents could be simple jpegs. The PDF is aimed at keeping the same aspect on screen and on paper and it's the only format I know do do this so widely http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org