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Subject:RE: CD Release of Documentation From:Stephen McDermott <Stephen -dot- McDermott -at- PREMERA -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 May 2002 11:38:45 -0700
I've seen a "cover" with pdf and HTML for these types of releases. It
depends on your preference (or, more accurately, your customers).
HTML Pro: A little more freedom in organization, more color choices than FM
(for borders, etc.).
HTML Con: Users are accessing Acrobat Reader through their web browser.
(memory usage in large documents, delay, potential message client problems
if your pdf's have tie-in's to other applications)
pdf. Pros: Easier to produce with existing tools. Users are using one tool
only for viewing documentation, thus, will run faster.
pdf Cons: May appear plain unless you spice it up and produce it in Acrobat
or Pagemaker (or use a WHOLE lot of text boxes <G>).
Steve McDermott
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From: Snyder Heater, Regina [mailto:HeaterR -at- us -dot- tigplc -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:20 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: CD Release of Documentation
Good afternoon,
My company would like to release our product manuals on CD. The manuals are
created in Framemaker 6 and then distilled to PDF. Simple enough. However,
I would like to make the CD a little more than a listing of the file names.
I'd like to create an interface that loads when the CD is run that allows
access to the various manuals. (Click on a link to the manual type stuff.)
However, I'm not sure how to proceed with that. One thought I had was to
create a PDF that acts as the interface to the manuals. Is this standard
procedure? Or do you have better, strong, faster ideas? <grin> I'd
appreciate any examples/help you can offer.
Regards,
Regina
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