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Yes, every time I do a WebHelp build, I first output to PDF using Flare Page
Layout templates that I created first. Then I copy that PDF to the Flare
project and reference that place in the skin with a bit of JavaScript.
So when the user launches WebHelp, they can click a document icon in the
toolbar that will launch a PDF of the complete contents of the WebHelp, but
in user guide format.
They can then copy or print the file.
Bee
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Daniel Ng <kjng -at- gprotechnologies -dot- com> wrote:
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> If I were writing a user guide
>
> For a hardware device- like server products, printers, shavers, tech
> gadgets, smart terminals, data interrogators, point of sales terminals,
> pharmaceutical drugs, calculators, PDFs make great optional user printable
> handouts to go with the printed packaging inserts to go with the hardware.
> In some cases it may be a legal must have if you're exporting/shipping your
> products to another country.
>
> For all software, software drivers, application API, SDKs, web
> applications,
> I would choose CHM. .NET help or Webhelp as must-haves. PDF alternatives
> would be nice-to-haves.
>
> You are doing some form of single-sourcing yes?
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Allison [mailto:maker -at- verizon -dot- net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:25 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: PDFs as online help?
>
> Do any of you use PDFs for your online help?
>
> Is it possible to link to topics within a PDF for context-sensitive help?
>
> PDFs are attractive to me, for use as an online help system, because you
> can
> control the display of special characters in them. You can be sure what
> your
> end user will see.
>
>
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> 2009 tips, tricks, and best practices.
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