Saarbrücken and Bonn Alongside its very extensive Internet presence, Deutsche Post World Net operates a corporate Intranet of more than 70,000 XHTML pages. The uniform layout is defined by a single CSS style sheet. As well as being able to access Intranet content using their browser, above all field staff need to be able to compile the contents of selected pages in printed form.

Printing these out using a browser on the one hand took a great deal of time, and on the other hand the quality suffered in terms of a compact way of compiling the content to be printed. For this reason the function "PDF Basket" was developed especially for the Intranet. Similarly to a shopping basket, staff can now collect the content of any Intranet pages they want in the "PDF Basket" at a click of their mouse and then after a final check print them or send them as one continuous document. Pagination and printing are achieved using RealObjects PDFreactor.

The "PDF Basket" solution was implemented by the application maintenance provider GFT. The final decision for an implementation of functionality based on PDFreactor was made after a prototype implementation. The advantages of using the PDFreactor functionalities lay in particular in the speed at which this was feasible and the high capability of integration into the existing application, as well as being able to benefit from the continuous development of the PDFreactor solution.

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About Deutsche Post World Net

Having bundled together the logistics strengths of its brands Deutsche Post, DHL and Postbank, the Group offers integrated services and customized solutions for the management and transportation of goods, information and payment streams via its multinational and multi-location expertise and network.

Deutsche Post World Net is a leading provider of both Dialog Marketing and efficient outsourcing and system solutions for the mail business. In 2006 the group's turnover reached more than 45 billion Euro. Deutsche Post World Net employs over 500,000 staff in more than 220 countries and territories, making it the second largest employer in the world.

About RealObjects

Headquartered in Saarbrücken, Germany, RealObjects is a manufacturer of standards-oriented, cross-platform software tools for content authoring and electronic publishing. The company ranks as a pioneering developer of easy-to-use, affordable and quick-to-deploy WYSIWYG HTML/XHTML/XML editor solutions, which enable content authoring in Web- and Java-based applications.

The privately-held software company has more than 1500 corporate customers in over 30 countries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, educational institutions as well as government and non-profit organizations. RealObjects has a strong network of key business alliances, value added resellers and OEM partners.