[Scribus] KPDF vs. Acrobat

John Jason Jordan johnxj
Tue Apr 24 06:44:45 CEST 2007


On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:07:48 +0300
Nigel Ridley <nigel at rmk.co.il> wrote:

> Since Acrobat is no longer in the main repositories for *ubuntu
> because of licensing problems (I've also heard that there is now a
> 'phone home' element in Acrobat), what can Acrobat do that KPDF
> cannot (with regards to the functionality of Scribus)?
> If I am going to use Scribus to the full, do I really need Acrobat?

KPDF cannot handle editable PDFs. The only PDF viewer that can do so
currently is Adobe Reader 7.0 or later.



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