Re: 1,000-page documents (was Working with large documents in Word)

Subject: Re: 1,000-page documents (was Working with large documents in Word)
From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Jonathan West <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:59:19 -0700 (PDT)

> Not necessarily. I know of at least one regional airline which carries 40kg
> of operating manuals on every plane, and they get referred to. I've been
> working with them to get the manuals into PDF on CD, for use on the
> computers in the cockpit.

and they're saying that even with power problems, the HC manuals can always be read, and with HC, the crew can always add written comments and notes, right?

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever.
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From: Jonathan West <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org>
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Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2007 11:42:24 AM
Subject: Re: 1,000-page documents (was Working with large documents in Word)


<< I suspect it's the old "shelfware" monster -- looks good sitting on the
shelf, nobody ever really uses it. An auditor says "do you have a procedure
for..." and auditee can reply "sure do, right there." Once upon a time they
got away with this; auditor would mark their checklist and move on. >>
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