Re^2: PDF Template Solution- Why is this so hard?

I did start trying PDF::Reuse a bit ago. One of the things that made me nervous is that it appeared like it is no longer and active project and only worked with older versions of PDF documents. Sounded like Acrobat 5 version? I don't fully get the different versions yet but it struck me as something that could make it an issue with PDFs created in newer programs? Am I thinking wrong about this, or is this not a big deal and most programs still use the older version of PDF?

I'm obviously struggling some to wrap my arms around this...

Thanks for the help!!!

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Re^3: PDF Template Solution- Why is this so hard? by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 10, 2010 at 17:13 UTC
Modern versions of PDF readers will be able to read older pdf file formats. I think I'm pretty safe in saying that they are backwards compatible. Various topics exist here on the subject of PDF version support among modules (see Extracting content text from PDFs and Extracting text from PDF. No really among others), even Open Office (v3.2 on Linux) exports PDF v1.4 files. Is there a particular feature of the PDF format (greater than v1.4) that you need to accommodate? IF all you are doing is mass populating text within a template PDF, ensure the person supplying the template is aware of your version restrictions. I'm sure others will pitch in with their experiences on this subject.	[reply]

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Re^3: PDF Template Solution- Why is this so hard?
by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 10, 2010 at 17:13 UTC

Modern versions of PDF readers will be able to read older pdf file formats. I think I'm pretty safe in saying that they are backwards compatible. Various topics exist here on the subject of PDF version support among modules (see Extracting content text from PDFs and Extracting text from PDF. No really among others), even Open Office (v3.2 on Linux) exports PDF v1.4 files. Is there a particular feature of the PDF format (greater than v1.4) that you need to accommodate? IF all you are doing is mass populating text within a template PDF, ensure the person supplying the template is aware of your version restrictions.

I'm sure others will pitch in with their experiences on this subject.

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