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Subject:Re: Do you reformat your paper doc for PDF? From:Elizabeth Ross <beth -at- VCUBED -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:22:35 -0400
I find that including a link to Adobe's website with the "Download Acrobat
Reader" gif is a very useful thing on any webpage that utilizes PDF files.
Go to www.adobe.com and they have full instructions on how to do this.
Elizabeth Ross
Technical Writer
V3 Semiconductor Corp.
beth -at- vcubed -dot- com http://www.vcubed.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeanne A. E. DeVoto <jaed -at- JAEDWORKS -dot- COM>
<snip>
| (Occasionally, misconfigured browsers may try to display the raw contents
| of the file in the browser window. You may want to include instructions on
| the page in case this happens to a visitor; these instructions boil down
to
| "If you're using Netscape or Explorer, click-and-hold on the link (if on a
| Mac) or right-click the link (if on Windows or UNIX), and choose Save to
| Disk from the popup menu that appears.")