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Subject:Re: Windows Help vs. PDF From:Chuck Martin <cmartin -at- SEEKERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 16 Sep 1997 10:19:35 -0700
Perhaps because (a) the Acrobat reader UI was designed for viewing full
text pages rather than online-Help-size topics, and (b) the time needed to
load the viewer would be rather onerous for most users (the WinHelp engine
is relatively fast).
At 06:35 PM 9/15/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> Can PDFs be used to provide context-sensitive help
>> for a Windows (95/NT) program? Has anyone done a
>> comparison of standard Windows Help vs. PDF
>> (pros and cons on one vs. other).
>
>Unfortunately, you cannot link to a specific page in a .PDF, though many
>of us have tried. I don't know why Adobe hasn't included this
>functionality, but for whatever reason, they haven't.
>
>-David Castro
> techwrtr -at- crl -dot- com
>
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