Re: A web designer's job?

G'Day Lonna,

I have to say - I liked John's  (CPEC) answer the best.  In other words, 
"yes, I can do it for a cost, but it's cheaper to produce 
yourselves".  Based upon my experience you will find some clients 
appreciate being empowered to generate their own PDFs, while others 
(generally the technophobic) will "want you to do it for them".

I'd also like to point out that comments such as ".pdf's are a no brainer" 
and it only takes "1 click" are not entirely true.  PDF documents _ARE_ 
easy to generate - that doesn't mean they will look exactly the way they 
were intended!!!

When a PDF document is created, it is "printed" to an electronic file that 
utilises the PRINT SETTINGS ON THE CREATOR'S COMPUTER.

If someone sends you (for example) a Word document - the output (especially 
PAGINATION and LINE SPACING) will be altered by:
* availability of fonts on different machines
* differences in Mac vc PC version of fonts
* differences in printers
* differences in printer drivers (interpretation of fonts).

Pagination and the effect on widow/orphan control of paragraphs, can be 
dramatically affected, in some instances requiring major re-work of documents.


Chris Higgs
Manager, New Learning Technology
ILFR, University of Melbourne
http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/
Phone: +61 3 8344 9749  Fax: + 61 3 9348 2156

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