[P1] Why are screen caps in .PDF ? How to change ?

[Jack Rodgers]

On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 11:44  PM, George Slusher wrote:

> A PDF file is still not an image anymore than a Word document or
> AppleWorks document is an image. For example, one can select and edit
> text in a PDF--try that with a JPEG, for example. A PDF is somewhat 
> like
> an Illustator file, but not exactly.

You can open a pdf file using Word or other text editor. You will find 
tons of code telling the applications how to display the document and 
also the computer gibberish used for graphics, photos, etc. The text is 
in ascii form, just like this message. The formatting codes surrounding 
it are also but you don't see them.

> It is only the latest upgrade of Graphic Converter that has added this
> feature, as I found when I got the 4.5.2 update. In any case, one can
> bypass the problem by using Snapz Pro X, which also gives you a lot 
> more
> capabilities.

SnapZ also produces the jpeg that GC will save. Neither can be edited.  
GC also gives you a lot more capabilities than SnapZ.

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