[Sigia-l] "Acrobat file" vs. "PDF file"

[Louise Hewitt]

Why would you ever use Acrobat file? That's like saying Word document right? ;D

Honestly thought, I've never seen it called this, I've never called it this, it's too long, there's no universally recognised icon (I know!) and it's proprietary and as you say, in some context wrong.

Is this true world over or am I just seeing the world from a UK-centric perspective?

On 22 Sep 2011, at 17:49, Skot Nelson wrote:

> Any thoughts or strong preferences? I'm inclined to the latter in a search context, but could be swayed.
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> (I view PDF files but I don't use Acrobat, making the former technically incorrect.)
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