Sunday, August 26, 2012

Word 2013 is able to *open* PDF's

So far Word has only been able to save document as PDF. Word 2013 can also *open* PDS's for editing. In case of long and complex PDF it takes some time before file opens.

How useful is that kind of feature anyway? I guess we've been waiting for it as long as PDF's have been available. Permitting editing of PDF's is a calculated move from Microsoft. This way it's more and more difficult for Adobe to sell PDF-editing software.

Now that I finally can edit PDF's with Word I find this feature obsolete. The whole PDF-based industry works much the same way as before; there are separate editing and reading software available. Microsoft Word can't fully act as a premium editor for PDF's although is able to open complex PDF's. Adobe products still do it better!

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