At 6:01 AM +0000 8/22/98, Jan Cohen wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>At 12:42 AM 8/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> PDF files are AWKWARD AS HECK to use! They assume a standard printer
>>page, not a CRT. You will often find that to see some things, you end up
>>magnifying till you have to scroll left and right for each line! I know,
>>I was working with a company to set up some utilities for them. FORGET
>>IT!
>
>I have to agree that .pdf files can be awkward to create and use. And I
>wouldn't use them for strict online browsing. But if you're going to be
>supplying relatively large documents like manuals, you know, the kind of
>things company and corporate type engineers and techs might print out so
>that they can take copy to the workbench, .pdf printouts are far superior
>to those of straight html.
Like Jan -- I think they are great *supplemental* info format.
Please provide more info than "download acrobat here" ... Normal people do
not know how to download, install, configure plug-ins! I just spent an
afternoon doing this for a girlfriend who is bright, knows how to use the
programs that she uses, but hasn't a clue about stuff like this. To her
credit -- she watched over my shoulder and asked good questions, so I think
in the future she'll know how -- but some people need 'training' and some
(minority) just wing it. ;-)
>> The world has gone to HTML. Use it whenever you can!
>>
>> PDF is intended for printing hard copy. If you want to print hard
>>copy, then PDF is a reasonable decision. But not for CRT use!
>
>And that's the distinction.
YES. emphatic agreement.
Kathy
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