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Subject:Re[2]: HTML and PDF files From:Kathleen Padova <kpadova -at- ASICENTRAL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 May 1997 16:15:00 -0500
I don't think so. I often create online help in PDF format. I format
the page size to 6.5" wide x 5.25" high in Word before I convert the
file to PDF. Once in PDF format I set the document propeties to always
Fit Page size.
Many of my applications are designed to operate on Mac, windows and
Unix and already use PDF documents in the application.
If the help files ever get too large, I will probably switch to
FrameMaker to product the original help document.
Kathleen p
kpadova -at- millstar -dot- com
(Stuart, if you receive this twice, it's my own fault for forgetting how
the reply-to button works on my mail program. Sorry!)
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Subject: Re: HTML and PDF files
Author: SLB -at- SMTP (Stuart Burnfield) {slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU} at MHS
Date: 5/23/97 1:09 AM
"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- EXPERSOFT -dot- COM> said:
> PDF preserves your formatting, yes. So it presents documents online
> just as they would appear on paper. But online delivery is different
> from paper delivery, so what works on paper does not necessarily
> work well online.
Would it be fair to say that, for documentation, PDF is better suited
to online manuals than to online help?
Regards
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Stuart Burnfield "Ich bin ein Funkhouser"
Functional Software Pty Ltd mailto:slb -at- fs -dot- com -dot- au
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