PDF Hacks - Sid Steward

PDF Hacks

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
298 Seiten
2004
O'Reilly Media (Verlag)
978-0-596-00655-6 (ISBN)
22,40 inkl. MwSt
For anyone who works with PDF on a regular basis. Learn how to create PDF documents that are far more powerful than simple representations of paper pages. Covers the full range of PDF functionality, including generating, manipulating, annotating, and consuming PDF information.
PDF--to most of the world it stands for that rather tiresome format used for documents downloaded from the web. Slow to load and slower to print, hopelessly unsearchable, and all but impossible to cut and paste from, the Portable Document Format doesn't inspire much affection in the average user. But PDFs done right is another story. Those who know the ins and outs of this format know that it can be much more than electronic paper. Flexible, compact, interactive, and even searchable, PDF is the ideal way to present content across multiple platforms. PDF Hacks unveils the true promise of Portable Document Format, going way beyond the usual PDF as paged output mechanism. PDF expert Sid Steward draws from his years of analyzing, extending, authoring, and embellishing PDF documents to present 100 clever hacks--tools, tips, quick-and-dirty or not-so-obvious solutions to common problems. PDF Hacks will show you how to create PDF documents that are far more powerful than simple representations of paper pages.
The hacks in the book cover the full range of PDF functionality, from the simple to the more complex, including generating, manipulating, annotating, and consuming PDF information. You'll learn how to manage content in PDF, navigate it, and reuse it as necessary. Far more than another guide to Adobe Acrobat, the book covers a variety of readily available tools for generating, deploying, and editing PDF. The little-known tips and tricks in this book are ideal for anyone who works with PDF on a regular basis, including web developers, pre-press users, forms creators, and those who generate PDF for distribution. Whether you want to fine-tune and debug your existing PDF documents or explore the full potential the format offers, PDF Hacks will turn you into a PDF power user.

For over five years, Sid Steward has analyzed, extended, secured, cracked, authored, converted, embellished and consumed PDF. He maintained and created custom software for Thomson Financial's Investext and then EBSCO. He then worked with SoftLock (d/b/a Digital Goods) to create their proprietary PDF security model and integrate it with their larger digital rights system. This project required pushing the envelope of Acrobat API programming. At the same time, he had been privately working on a semi-automated PDF to HTML conversion workflow. This toolset became the core of his PDF conversion service bureau: Boundless Books, Inc., d/b/a AccessPDF. He also performs PDF "finishing" which includes optimizing PDF file size and adding navigation features.

Preface 1. Open Source Licensing, Contract, and Copyright Law Basic Principles of Copyright Law Contract and Copyright Open Source Software Licensing Issues with Copyrights and Patents The Open Source Definition Warranties 2. The MIT, BSD, Apache, and Academic Free Licenses The MIT (or X) License The BSD License The Apache License, v1.1 and v2.0 The Academic Free License Application and Philosophy 3. The GPL, LGPL, and Mozilla Licenses GNU General Public License GNU Lesser General Public License The Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1) Application and Philosophy 4. Qt, Artistic, and Creative Commons Licenses The Q Public License Artistic License (Perl) Creative Commons Licenses 5. Non-Open Source Licenses Classic Proprietary License Sun Community Source License Microsoft Shared Source Initiative 6. Legal Impacts of Open Source and Free Software Licensing Entering Contracts Statutory Developments Related to Software Contracts The Self-Enforcing Nature of Open Source and Free Software Licenses The Global Scope of Open Source and Free Software Licensing The "Negative Effects" of Open Source and Free Software Licensing Community Enforcement of Open Source and Free Software Licenses Compatible and Incompatible Licensing: Multiple and Cross Licensing 7. Software Development Using Open Source and Free Software Licenses Models of Open Source and Free Software Development Forking Choosing an Open Source or Free Software License Drafting Open Source Licenses Appendix: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.9.2004
Reihe/Serie Hacks Ser.
Verlagsort Sebastopol
Sprache englisch
Einbandart Paperback
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Datenbanken
ISBN-10 0-596-00655-1 / 0596006551
ISBN-13 978-0-596-00655-6 / 9780596006556
Zustand Neuware
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