Mike Easter wrote:
> ~BD~ wrote:
>
>> Example, FYI ........
>>
>> Era of Instant Crime
>
> <snip pasted text copied from page 2>
>
> Using p2 for more examples. On the R half of page 2, there are 'obscure'
> poor resolution screenshots from some kind of malware toolkits.
>
> The best way to see both halves of p2 is to use the hand tool to move
> the 100% zoom level page manually from the left to the right, and then
> you still can't actually make out what is written in the screenshots.
>
> I don't know the real purpose of using the malware toolkits for
> illustration when the graphic is so obscure.
>
> Then, if you similarly try to copy and paste the text from p3, you will
> find it to be in 2 columns on the left side of the page and 2 more
> columns on the R side of the page.
>
> Dividing the page into 2 halves each with 2 columns is not the best
> layout, especially since it requires moving the view from the left to
> the right half, or else making the page very short vertically and very
> wide horizontally which further compromises the view of the text which
> has such poor contrast of slightly darker gray against slightly lighter
> gray instead of black on white.
>
> There are 3 more obscure graphics on the two halves of p3, but you /can/
> see the name Spy Eye. Big deal.
>
> Another fuzzy graphic is shown of the Facebook Password Hacker toolkit
> on p4 which is also unnecessarily divided into two columns on the left
> half.
>
> If the page weren't made into the awkward 'shape' of two halves which
> are too wide horizontally and too short vertically, the relationship
> between the optimal column width would be easier to achieve.
>
> This .pdf was not designed with screen display in mind.
>
> Also, if you try copying and pasting from the two column pages, your
> results will likely be unpredictable. You might (or might not) have to
> do each column separately; 4 C&P per page.
>
>

I agree that your points are valid, Mike - but it may simply be that
things have moved on rapidly with technology in the last five years.

I have no difficulty at all in reviewing the text, and illustrations, in
the format Trend elected to utilise - on my 24 inch iMac screen! <grin>