Kevin (and all), It would be a mistake but not for that reason. The newer ActiveX formatted documents and spreadsheets are compatible with earlier versions of Word and Excel back to 2000 if you add Microsoft's free document converter add-ons available from: < http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx> as a "Compatibility Pack". The reason it's a mistake is that it allows others to edit, perhaps incorrectly, the content yet in some circles Elecraft could still be held responsible and that just isn't acceptable. Their current method is a very acceptable compromise between accuracy and cost. Gary N6LRV
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R. Kevin Stover Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 4:52 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Manual Updates That would be a mistake. Biggest reason is the MS Word format isn't static. Every recent new version of MS Office has included several "features" which make it incompatible with older versions. Save a file in MS Word 2007 .docx format and MS Word 2003 wouldn't know what to do with it. Adobe .pdf never changes thus it's a standard. All you have to do to add errata to the .pdf manuals is get a free .pdf editor like PDF Creator, add the errata to an electronic version of the manual and save it. Your manual is always up to date. If you need hard copy, print the pages you need. -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
