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Subject:RE: Paper Manual to Online Help - where to start? From:suzy -dot- davis -at- doi -dot- vic -dot- gov -dot- au To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 26 May 2004 16:25:49 +1000
Oh! I see. So, we might not have to go to an online help application after
all. I've passed on your site address to my client - I think the final
decision will be up to him now.
thanks a bunch Geoff
Suzy
geoff -at- userdox -dot- com
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26/05/04 02:31 PM
Please respond to geoff
Quoting "suzy -dot- davis -at- doi -dot- vic -dot- gov -dot- au" <suzy -dot- davis -at- doi -dot- vic -dot- gov -dot- au>:
> Secondly he is very attracted to the hierarchical tree style used in
online
> help applications to structure chapters so they are contained in one
place,
> and can be easily selected by users. From my limited knowledge of using
> PDFs for this purpose I don't believe we can replicate that tree
structure
> without building it into the application's menu system.
>
The tree structure of the document can be replicated in the Bookmarks of a
PDF. Our users really like the bookmarks. Depending on how you generate
the
PDF......it is usually automatic for us. Have a look here:
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