RE: Dimensions for Landscape Manuals

["Roy Jacobsen" <royj -at- writingclearandsimple -dot- com>]

OK, design for the proportions of a screen.

But, now that some people have 4 x 3 and some have widescreens, which aspect
ratio? 

;-)

Roy

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Subject: RE: Dimensions for Landscape Manuals

Designing PDFs to the proportions of a screen is the only way to make them
online-friendly. This calls for a multi-column layout.

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