TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
On 9/9/93, Joe said:
>> If they really wanted to make it a de facto standard in jig time
>> they'd *give* away the reader.
Joe,
Adobe did that at the last Houston PC club meeting. My son Zachary
attended and said they gave a great talk (sales pitch) on Acrobat.
He came home with a free copy the shrink wrapped Adobe Acrobat
Reader in hand.
Zachary loaded it, but I haven't tried it yet.
Here is the list of the Acrobat software and descriptions from the
side of the reader software box.
Starter Kit -- The software your workgroup needs to create and share
electronic documents.
Exchange -- The software for creating, viewing, printing, annotating
and collating electronic documents.
Network Distiller -- The software for converting PostScript language
files into the Portable Document Format. In personal and network versions.
Reader -- The software for viewing and printing electronic documents.
Jim Taylor
j -dot- taylor5 -at- genie -dot- geis -dot- com
