Re: Digital delivery of documentation.

Subject: Re: Digital delivery of documentation.
From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 13:14:37 -0700

At least consider putting a copy of AutoRun.exe (Tarma Software Research) on
the CD, too, so that the PDF will automatically open when the CD is
inserted. Its corresponding AUTORUN.INF file might read:

*[autorun]
open=autorun.exe <your filename>.PDF
*
> Chris


On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Anne Woolson <anne -dot- woolson -at- rimage -dot- com>wrote:

> My company is wanting to go paperless - and send all documentation on a
> CD with our hardware products. We currently ship a large printed User
> Guide.
>
>
>
> I've been told to "just throw the .pdf file onto a disc" - but it seems
> like there has to be a better way to present the digital document. Does
> anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
>
>
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
>
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