Lori DeFurio

September 20, 2007

Supported PDF functionality - Mac OS 10.4

I'm always being asked -- how does the implementation of PDF on my Mac compare to what Adobe offers in Acrobat and Adobe Reader. So, I went to PDF guru, Leonard Rosenthol , and he prepared a chart, which I then jazzed up using InDesign to create layers and added interactive buttons in Acrobat to allow you to select different views of the document to see what Apple can Read/Write, Read Only, or have Partially Implemented on the Mac platform (OS 10.4/Tiger). And I've outlined what is not supported at all

applePDF02.jpg apple-unsupported.jpg.
      Figure 1. Default view                              Figure 2. All white items are unsupported

As background information - the PDF Specification - version 1.x through 1.7 - has been published by Adobe and made freely available on our website. Vendors choose to implement features/functionality as it makes sense for their use.

And of course... if there is an error in this chart, please let me know.

Posted by Lori DeFurio at 01:32 PM on September 20, 2007

Comments

Tony Harmer — 06:03 AM on October 03, 2007

Hey Lori - this is a terrificly useful resource - thanks!

Anne-Marie — 10:14 AM on November 30, 2007

Hey Lori, any plans on updating this for Leopard?

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