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Re: [Phys-l] PDF Based Laboratories



It is easy to create and save .pdf, if you use LaTeX. Use LaTeX to create a .ps document, and then convert it:
ps2pdf file.ps file.pdf
Regards,
Jack

"Trust me. I have a lot of experience at this."
General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Tue, 19 Jul 2011, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

Skip the PDF and use an advanced text writer, e.g. pages or word.


On 2011, Jul 19, , at 08:56, Paul Corbitt wrote:

I am a grad student at UMBC <www.umbc.edu> working on revising the
introductory algebra based physics labs. One of our goals is to be able to
distribute the labs as pdf files. In the lab we are using Mac computers and
Logger Pro software.

I have been able to make some pdf forms using Adobe Acrobat X. The problem
is that with Adobe Reader you cannot save the form once it is filled out;
you can only print a paper copy which defeats the purpose of doing things
electronically. So we have been searching for an application (preferably
free) that can do 3 tasks with a pdf: insert text,

All text writers do this.

paste images from Logger
Pro,

See next, but one.

and do basic sketching (drawing vectors, etc).

pages has a draw tool.

So far our search has
found only software that does only part of the three features mentioned
above. The main problem appears to be inserting the graphics.

Easily done w/ pages (I just verified it.)

I have tried
using Skim Reader <http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/> which is very nice
except for the fact that the I have as yet not been paste in an image.

If anyone has any suggestions as to either the software or a work around I
would like to hear from you.

Thanks,

Paul Corbitt

bc

p.s. after saving the page doc. one my convert to pdf when printing.


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