Re: Paper vs. Electronic

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I haven't worked anywhere that sent paper copies of manuals since about
1990. All of the help systems I have produced have been online help with a
copy of the manual (output from the Help tool) in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
on the CD and available from a documentation page on our web site.

Software companies are not printing companies :-)

We did some analysis on cost of sending paper versus not sending paper, and
the amount of money saved for "not" was startling! That might be a good
place to start. Don't forget to add labor cost (salary + benefits dollar
amount. Benefits are usually figured at 30-35% of your salary.)

Best,
PT



On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Richard Melanson <rmelanson -at- spirecorp -dot- com>wrote:

> Just a quick question Everyone,
>
> I am about to recommend to my company to stop sending BOTH paper
> copies and CDs of our documentation with each piece of equipment
> shipped. May I ask how many others ship only electronic copies, thank
> you very much.
>
> Rick
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