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> My boss is looking for a mailing list or users' group for people who
> use Adobe Acrobat. Every Web search I try falters on the fact that
> the format is too popular: searching for "Adobe Acrobat users group"
> tells me about, for example, an Apple users group in Maryland that
> sends out its newsletter in Acrobat format.
My list of mailing lists etc. contains 1 user group and 9 mailing lists
about Adobe Acrobat and PDF. The direct URL is
Peter Ring
PRC (Peter Ring Consultants)
- specialists in user friendly manuals.
prc -at- prc -dot- dk
- the "User Friendly Manuals" website with links, bibliography, list
of prof. associations, and tips for technical writers: http://www.prc.dk/user-friendly-manuals/
- special software for technical writers: http://www.prc.dk/software/
