I think the PAF issue has hopefully been addressed. However, the issue of PDF versus RTF may be an issue still. If you do not have Acrobat, you can still create PDFs with several 3rd party products. There are even some that allow editing at minimal cost. However, editing a PDF in any product is not really recommended. For editing, you should use WORD or something else that can read the RTF file. Unfortunately, the RTF files that are produced by PAF are not simple files, but are collections of text blocks. That also limits the amount of editing you can do. If you rather copy info from a PDF or RTF file, you can copy the information into a new word processor file and play as you wish. You will have to do all your own formating in such cases. A major disadvantage of sending WORD files around to others (not PDF) is the problem of the WORD reflow. Whenever the printer is changed in WORD, it reflows the document. That can change page breaks and many other format features. In addition, I usually see the RTF files open in WORD with the WORD Normal document defaults that has different margins. Thus margins have to be reset for the PAF created RTF files. That is not an issue with the PDF files. The whole idea of a PDF is that it will look and print the same on all systems. As far as posting a book on line, I would do it in PDF form. That is in large part due to the reflow problem with WORD, and the problem of others actually being able to import RTF files. Not everyone has RTF capability (i.e., not everyone owns or uses WORD). PDF files can be secured, but yes there are workarounds. However, the workarounds generally require a fair amount of knowledge and to a large extent your data is reasonably secure. To fully secure a document on line you are often talking in the order of thousands of dollars. If you object to the limitations of online security, the best thing is to not post your information unless you create a secure web site that you allow folks into that you trust. In terms of web pages, if you supply the files (either DOC, RTF, or PDF), it is simply a matter of posting them and adding a link. If the individual says a WORD file is easier to work with, then you must be asking him to do something with it. If they are just planning to post it, then there is no difference in the effort to use the document. I suggest you use what you are comfortable with, or ask for a better explanation - Unless he is doing something fancy there is no difference and something fancy is often not appreciated by web users and costs an arm and leg. If it is RTF files that you plan to post, then you have just limited the possible users to those with RTF capability. As I mentioned, not everyone can read RTFs. They are a MS hold over that were generally have had MS OFFICE compatibility, but not necessarily other compatibility. As I recall, several PAF users used to complain because they used Word Perfect (I think that was fixed in later versions of WP). Hope that gives you a useful alternate view and provides some useful information for others. Bill > I suppose there is a work-around. I work with a true Guru on occasion--he's > going to build a Website for me. I asked about supplying my book in Adobe or > Word, and he said Word is easier for him to work with. I expressed my > concern that my book could be so easily altered if it was in Word, and he > told me that there are programs for getting around Adobe's non-ability to be > changed, so anyone using such a program could change it anyway. > > Lila > > > Lila Said > >> 1. No capability of editing reports that are printed to file -- they > >> print > >> into Adobe. PAF Print-to-File opens in Word. Sometimes I think I'm the > >> only > >> one who edits reports, possibly because it's a little tricky. After you > >> get > >> the idea, editing is quite easy. > > > > You are not the only one who edits reports. Is there a "work around" in AQ > > since I only have Acrobat Reader? > >