How are Acrobat pages created?
Using some of the coolest software on the market, Acrobat from Adobe Systems. Our original print-edition pages are created using the page-layout program QuarkXpress, which imports stories from Microsoft Word and images from Adobe Photoshop. Pages are output to printer files (.prn) or saved as Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) files. These are batch-processed into .pdfs by Acrobat Distiller and as .gif thumbnail images by Image Alchemy (from Handmade Software). We also used to use Image Alchemy to put our display ads online as .gif images. We have been creating .pdfs for internal use for nearly two years, giving our staff access to what is essentially searchable, color, electronic microfilm. Many of our ads also arrive at The Herald from ad agencies as high-quality .pdf files, simplifying the process of making sure the images, colors and fonts match what the advertiser wants. The Herald’s systems manager, Barry Winger, first saw the potential of Acrobat and started generating pages daily i
