Hello, I am a University Student and I'm cons

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Hello,

I am a University Student and I'm considering purchasing a textbook in ebook format. There are two options: one for adobe reader and one for microsoft reader (both for the same price). What works better with one note in terms of annotating?

Thanks and regards

[Rockjoa]

I'd say the msreader one would be better since it supports ink annotations. I also like the interface better. I don't think adobe reader supports ink without a commercial 3rd party app.

[WillAdams]

Rockjoa said:
>I don't think adobe reader supports ink without a commercial 3rd party app.

Sort of.

Adobe Acrobat can do annotations which are quite configurable, and Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 can enable a .pdf so that it may then be annotated when using Adobe Reader 6 and 7.

William

[Rockjoa]

Is there a free app that can modify pdfs to enable this, this would be very handy.

Also could someone post a link to a ink enabled pdf so I can try it out?

Thanks

[krypticide]

The DRM on PDF files can be quite restrictive. You should try to find out what they restrict in their files.

Personally, I like the LIT format, though I've never tried it with an eBook. However, the other advantage is that I can also read it on my Pocket PC.

[WillAdams]

The .pdf has to be encrypted, so AFAIK, no free apps can do this as-of-yet.

AIUI Adobe used to charge $62,500 for the Adobe Reader Server Extensions which would allow one to enable _10_ .pdfs, so the current pricing is a _lot_ more affordable.

I've put one up at:

http://members.aol.com/tgcovault/brochure-2-enabled.pdf

William

(edited to correct link --- download should work now, my apologies for the error)

[Rockjoa]

can't download file

Works now thanks, I still like msreader's ink better

[WillAdams]

It's unfortunate the Adobe Reader's annotation options are so limited in comparison to what the full version can do.

William

[Rockjoa]

I'm hoping the next version has this, it would be great for filling out forms and marking up documents.

[darklyndsea]

I loathe both PDFs and DRMs.

PDFs it's because you can't. do. anything. unless you have the full version, which is way out of my price range. I mean okay, security is obviously the reason. But it's like that story I heard, where somebody sent a PDF to someone else who wasn't in the US and then the receiver sent back a GIF saying, "I can use annoying file formats too".

As for DRM, if it's supposed to be a reader why does it not have a 2-page view? Why can't I scroll with my tablet's scroll button?

Good thing they have other formats than those two.