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Subject:RE: Linking from an application to a PDF From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:John David Hickey <jdave -at- sympatico -dot- ca>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:30:48 -0800 (PST)
> > PDF is not fit for CS-Help. It can work, but it's
> > not ideal. Why PDF over other formats?
>
> It would allow for a consistency across the
> documentation and would
> avoid having to maintain two sets of documentation.
Not if you single-source. ;)
> One of my writers
> had said that the PDF format had been upgraded to
> allow for CS links
> from the application, so I'm trying to find out how
> that works exactly.
Try poking around on microtype.com. If Shlomo has
nothing to say about it, it's probably not worth
talking about. ;)
> If it's too complicated, we'll probably just go with
> WebHelp (via WebWorks and Frame).
That would be my recommendation.
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