marbux wrote:
On 6/25/07, Jim Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
However, I still don't see how a PDF on an OOo CD (or for an OOo user)
does anything that a native OOo document does not do at least as well
It works for people who haven't yet installed OOo (or any other
program that reads ODT files). That is particularly relevant to
people who get CDs, or use them at the local library or senior
citizens' centre.
Further, the OOo files (and many other standard formats) have the huge
advantage of editability
I'd argue that PDF has very significant disadvantages, with difficulty
editing being right at the top of the list. In my mind, documentation is
less than optimal if it can't easily be edited by the user.
I have never argued that PDF should be the only distribution
method for documentation, nor that it is the best. My argument is
for a range of distribution methods that serve the needs of
different audiences. No one form serves the needs of all
audiences. I appreciate Jim's and others' arguments about ROI,
which I will respond to in a different note.
BTW, the only reason that the OOo Docs site has only PDFs of the
OOoAuthors books is that OOo won't let us put the ODTs there,
because of licensing issues.
--Jean
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