Word or PDF

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meme

Why can't things be saved as a Word document instead of PDF. I hate opening
files from the internet done on PDF. I find it slow when scrolling the page
and there is not much you can do with it IMHO.

Maybe I have not explored its possibilities yet, but isn't Word just as
good?

Thanks in advance for any replies
 
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Michael Bednarek

Why can't things be saved as a Word document instead of PDF. I hate opening
files from the internet done on PDF. I find it slow when scrolling the page
and there is not much you can do with it IMHO.

Maybe I have not explored its possibilities yet, but isn't Word just as
good?
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Not all documents you find as PDF files on the Internet have started
as MS Word files.

Can people who don't have MS Word contact you for a free copy?
 
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Gary Strasdin

PDF files are much smaller and easier to view than Word.
PDF files can be locked so that their content cannot be
changed. Not everyone has Word. PDF viewers are free and
everyone can view them, even UNIX and Mac users. What's
more ANYTHING that can be printed (Word files, Excel
files, images, even the most bizarre file format can be
converted to PDF). PDFs are perfectly suited for
exchanging files over the internet. I once had a
complicated Word document with boxes, tables, text in
several different styles and colors. The Word file was
212MB! When I printed it to PDF, the PDF file was only
22KB! 0.01% of its original size. The PDF file couldn't
be modified, of course, but thats not the intent. I just
wanted to distribute it on a website. Word is very
powerful and perfectly suited for creating documents. PDF
is perfectly suited for document distribution.
 
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Geek

meme said:
Why can't things be saved as a Word document instead of PDF. I hate opening
files from the internet done on PDF. I find it slow when scrolling the page
and there is not much you can do with it IMHO.

Maybe I have not explored its possibilities yet, but isn't Word just as
good?

Thanks in advance for any replies
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