Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 24, 2004 12:22 AM
Usually, the resulting pdf can't be searched, and you can't copy text from it.
If you are starting from a text file, and want it to be useful as a text, it's better to use a formatting tool that outputs pdf directly (like, say, docutils with the reportlabs writer, if you can make it work)
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 24, 2004 12:22 AMIf you are starting from a text file, and want it to be useful as a text, it's better to use a formatting tool that outputs pdf directly (like, say, docutils with the reportlabs writer, if you can make it work)
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