On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:54:09 -0700, Mark Yuhas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I find that the new manual software offerings confusing and unusable. > >When I installed z/OS 1.7, I copied the softcopy CD to my hard drive. >Identified those manuals (PDF form) that I would use by subject matter. >Copied them to an appropriate folder that were named according to >subject matter. When I copied the manual, I renamed it using the >actual title of the manual and not the cryptic 8-character IBM ID. > >This took time to prepare and execute but it's a simple solution that >has served me well. > I dislike PDF as much as anyone for all the reasons we discuss time and time again. But if you use the softcopy librarian to manage your shelves and softcopy reader you can find things the same way you would with book manager without renaming anything. PDF as well as Book Manager format manuals. But I still prefer and use the old library reader 99% of the time. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
