What is the difference between PDF and HTML full-text?
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is a special kind of text document that is used by Web browsers (for example, Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) to present text and graphics. HTML structures a document into a format that can be displayed properly to viewers hopefully no matter which Web browser is being used. (Information accessed March 2006 at the W3C World Wide Web Consortium Getting Started With HTML by Dave Raggett.) PDF (Portable Document Format) is a cross-platform file format developed by Adobe Systems for delivering documents electronically with original formatting intact. That is, the PDF version of a document should look just like the original, but it can be viewed or printed without access to the application or system used to create it. (Information accessed March 2006 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Academic Computing PDF FAQ.) Link to the MIT Adademic Computing PDF FAQ Web page or the W3C Getting Started With HTML by Dave Raggett Web page for more detailed