Re: is anyone in a comparable scenario?

["Martin Page" <mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk>]

Ask them to print the page in question themselves, scrawl on it and send it
to you.
M
"John Posada" <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> wrote in message news:173460 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
>
> The purpose of the HC is "mostly" for feedback to me. Since the NOC is
going
> to be proactive in helping keep the documentation updated (their idea),
the
> purpose of the HC is when they see opportunities for changes, corrections,
> or improvements, they make those edits on the HC and submit back to me.
>
> I think I like the idea of catalog....I use it all the time, so if they
> don't know how to use it, I can instruct them. Let's see what other ideas
> come forward.
>
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
> Barnes&Noble.com
> jposada -at- book -dot- com
> 212-414-6656
>  "Be accurate...the 4am wakeup call you prevent could be your manager's"
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Margulis [mailto:margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net]
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:53 PM
> To: TECHWR-L; John Posada
> Subject: Re: is anyone in a comparable scenario?
>
>
> John,
>
> I think the hardcopy is going to have to go away, because this is going to
> be one of those looseleaf binder with piles of uninserted change pages
> nightmares, but what I would suggest is this:
>
> Make the TOC and each of the chapters a separate PDF. Put all the PDFs
into
> a directory on the network. Use Acrobat Catalog (it's on the Tools menu in
> Acrobat) to create a searchable index on that directory, and schedule
> Catalog to run daily.
>
> Teach the NOC folks to use Acrobat Search and to open the TOC PDF as the
> default entry point. That way, they can find whatever they want whichever
> way appeals to them.
>
> With each update, new section, etc., you will have to regenerated the TOC
> PDF. The main thing is keeping the links up to date, and I assume FM can
do
> that easily enough.
>
> Dick
>
>
> John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> >I have about 20 chapters in the book. The delivery is PDF and HC. No
> >problem. The book has a TOC, but no index...please no discussion on how
it
> >should have one, the user said they don't care for one  whether it was
> there
> >or not, they would find stuff using electronic searching.
> >
> >Anyway...the problem is that sections are continually changing and new
> >sections are being added all the time...maybe at the rate of a section
> every
> >other day.
> >
> >Since this book is about 500 pages, to create and deliver a new book
every
> >other day is an ordeal.
> >
>
>



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