Just on the subject of finding stuff in the PDF manuals, one of the good things about PDF is that you CAN quickly search across multiple PDFs.
The U2 family PDF sets all come with a .PDX file. This is a full text index you can load into Adobe Reader to search through all the manuals at once. It has better filtering searching capability and usually runs far more quickly than using the normal document 'Find'. So, searching for SUM across the UV set brings back 154 instances of the word SUM (case sensitive) over 9 documents or 187 instances containing the word SUM over 11 documents. Simply select the relevant doco (eg basic ref) and instance (from about 25 in the basic ref). You can run this type of search in the Edit /Search (Ctrl-Shift-F) menu. Select "Use Advanced Search Options". [nb. You can set Reader to always use the Advanced Search options in the Edit/Preferences/Search dialog box.] Make sure that your reader is up to date (current is v8) and you have the 'search.api' (Look in Help/Plug-ins). Reader gets faster and better with each release. Many of the annoyances of earlier versions have disappeared. Also if you use a Windows editor that allows context sensitive tools (eg EditPlus, UltraEdit, et al) you can configure it to lookup syntax for a highlighted word in the PDF. Eg. In EditPlus to setup a hotkey search for the basic verb under the cursor: Tools / Configure User Tools... ...\acrord32.exe /A search=$(CurWord) c:\...\UVdocs\BasicRef.pdf Regards, Stuart >-----Original Message----- >On a related topic. Some MV manuals that come in multiple books (pdf's) cause you >to know the category (which book) to look in. The D3 manual (pdf), having only one >comprehensive book, would have it's index as such: > >SUM command 3-123 >SUM function 5-123 > >for the 2 separate chapters (Access and Basic respectively). Those multiple manuals >don't help the newbies as clearly as they should. ********************************************************************** This email message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of addressed recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to this e-mail to notify the sender of its incorrect delivery and then delete it and your reply. It is your responsibility to check this email and any attachments for viruses and defects before opening or sending them on. Spotless collects information about you to provide and market our services. For information about use, disclosure and access, see our privacy policy at http://www.spotless.com.au Please consider our environment before printing this email. ********************************************************************** ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
