Yeah, this is pretty Way OT, ain't it? Anyhow, I'm amazed VP still exists. I
figured it died a slow death at the hands of Corel. As for Word and Acrobat,
I didn't intend to imply that I'd use Word as a front end for a complex PDF
project. Nonono, I'm looking for the quick-n-dirty solution.
Example, I do all my help documentation in Word, and crank out a PDF. Wah
lah, I'm done. It ain't fancy, I won't win any awards, but it does the
trick. Users can print out the PDF, they can click in the TOC for a jump to
the appropriate chapter, etc. Works for me.
BuTtTtTt, if I was developing some sort of e-product where the .PDF was a
core component, I sure wouldn't use Word...
Alan McCollough
Web Programmer
Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
Alaska Native Medical Center
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Allred [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:38 AM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: Way OT: E-Book (was RE: Printing disabled?)
>
> Alan,
>
> Interesting perspective. Not only does VP still exist, but despite three
> years on the current version (8.0), it's functionality and capabilities
> still exceed every one of its competitors. No discount racking yet.
>
> Note: although your contention that the "auto-TOC/index thingy" is
> available in Word is technically true, it's kind of like saying that
> because I have a 1963 Volkswagen, I therefore have a race car. I wouldn't
> run the risk of a large or important book project using Word. Anything
> over
> one section and/or 50 pages and/or including graphics, and it starts
> blowing itself up. This usually mangles the files it's working with, as
> well. WordPerfect is even worse. Word processors try to cover the
> publishing space to sell more product, but none of them can really provide
> adequate publishing tools.
>
> Just my .02c
>
> --John
>
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