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At 7:36 PM -0600 11/13/06, S3 wrote:
>I realize that there are plenty of strange things that
>it could potentially do, but I bet in most common circumstances
>it is not an issue.

	You'd lose that bet - sorry!

	Anytime you have a subset font, there is LOTS of work to do...


>Since you can usually select and copy and paste text
>I am guessing that the text is usually in lines.

	Again, NOT EVEN CLOSE.

	Read the PDF Reference...It's good stuff ;).


>So, for example, instead of having
>Dictionaries (hashes) in angle brackets: << >>
>It could just be an XML tag:
><dictionary>
>   <value key="pdfname">...</value>
>...
></dictionary>

	You just described (VERY LOSSLY) what Adobe is currently 
offering up in their labs (labs.adobe.com/wiki/Mars) as our Mars 
project.  Check it out!


Leonard
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