Re: "Acrobat file" vs. "PDF file"

Susan Ramlet <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:06:32 -0500

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Skot,

I agree with you, but would be interested in any studies done on user
comprehension of the two. The Portable Document Format isn't unique to
Adobe. (And they call it "Adobe Reader" now, not "Acrobat".)

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Skot Nelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Any thoughts or strong preferences? I'm inclined to the latter in a search context, but could be swayed.
>
> (I view PDF files but I don't use Acrobat, making the former technically incorrect.)
>
> Cue the crickets...
> --
> Skot Nelson
> [email protected]
> http://www.penguinstorm.com/
>
> twitter. penguinstorm

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