Re: "...will convert...PDF...to...SWF" (Score 1)

Because more people have the flash pluggin than the Acrobat Reader.

oh?... 400m distribution doesn't cut it?

You'd have to ask what SWF brings to the party... maybe if it was openly searchable, transformable, interoperable or portable... but...??

Since V5 the Acrobat Reader install includes SVG viewer. SVG is an XML format.

See the PowerPoint examples at SVGmaker:

PowerPoint SVG example from a bankers presentation

... and SVG is efficient, supports gzip: 140kb PowerPoint SVG example made from a 950kb .ppt file

-- SVG Evangelist