• @[email protected]
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    523 days ago

    I actually thought I am part of this blessed generation that can use a computer. But rotating a PDF? That beats me.

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        123 days ago

        It’s good for sending documents you don’t want to be tampered with because most people don’t know how to edit a PDF.

        • @[email protected]
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          123 days ago

          This. I care about graphic design and aesthetics. So when I send a document to a group for review, I’m not taking the risk of giving them something they could mess with.

          • @[email protected]
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            122 days ago

            Pdf will always look the same though. A doc/docx file can look wildly different depending on the editor you are using.

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        122 days ago

        Pointless?? Really? We should have just stuck with postscript? I’m pretty happy with pdf for almost anything as there’s a good chance it’ll render how whoever sent it to me was seeing it. What would you suggest/do different?

      • @[email protected]
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        123 days ago

        Are you joking right now? I tried opening a pdf with Libre Draw recently but it didn’t work.

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          No sir or madame, I actually verified by hand before posting that exact comment because while I did recently use it to edit the contents of a pdf (increase contrast on hiking map for BW print), I haven’t that often and thus I wanted to find the rotate button myself to make sure I was giving legitimate advice :)

    • missingno
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      1223 days ago

      The real skillset isn’t necessarily knowing how to do these things off tbe top of your head, but knowing how to look them up.

      Perhaps the biggest obstacle for the next generation is how thoroughly Google has enshittified.

    • TurboWafflz
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      123 days ago

      Sounds like something imagemagick could do so that would be my first strategy to try