I hate pdf files.

[Liberal Veteran]

Just wanted to get that off my chest.

[Jamastiene]

1. I do too, to be honest.

I switched to that other freebie program to view them when I have to, but still, they are a PITA to deal with.

[hellbound-liberal]

2. I just learned about this program that converts PDF to Word in case your interested

This site seems to have a lot of other useful technological tools on it too. Check it out!

http://instructify.com/2009/03/26/convert-pdf-files-to-editable-documents-easily-with-pdf-to-word/

[Lady Effingbroke]

14. Thank you so much! What a useful link!

I found what I have been searching for - a way to edit PDF files using http://pdfvue.com - and it's free.

[KitchenWitch]

3. I hate them too.

[IDemo]

4. PDF = "Painful Document Format"

[XemaSab]

5. PDF = reboot

:banghead:

[blogslut]

6. I hate them

Because Adobe has a monopoly on digital government documents.

[applegrove]

7. So do I.

[Sequoia]

8. They're horrid.

[TheMightyFavog]

9. I like PDFs...

Especially since I like to play Pen and paper RPGs. It's so much nicer to bring a laptop loaded with all my rulebooks in .pdf format (Purchased legally over the internet, of course. What, did you think I was the kind of cheap bastard that would go and download pirated copies?) rather than lug 12 metric fucktons of hard copy books around.

[Mugu]

10. You are not alone. I avoid PDFs whenever possible. n/t

[Scout]

11. PDF was a godsend to printing and prepress professionals n/t

[nickgutierrez]

12. I used to hate them.

(This is NOT a "get a Mac" post.)

The Mac's "Preview" program is far better than Adobe Reader, and actually makes the process bearable. Being able to search for specific things in documents is a good thing, so the format itself isn't completely useless.

I hate that it's still a proprietary format, and I wish there was a similarly ubiquitous open-source alternative, but I say that about Microsoft Word/WordPerfect, too.

[no name no slogan]

13. As of July 1, 2008, PDF is an open standard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF

...which still doesn't mean it's not sucky.

[kentauros]

15. I agree it's not that great for text documents

but it's great for sending engineering drawings, especially when you don't want to send a dwg or shp file. Although shp files (used in GIS) are the most compact for the amount of data they contain :)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. So does Firefox...

...I've even got the "PDF Download" extension installed and it STILL locks up or crashes when attempting to handle the majority of browser-based PDFs.

If I know that I will be accessing PDF content, I either use IE or left-click and download from Firefox.