Search Again: Re: User Manual From: Matt Simerson Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 Time: 8:21:07 pm On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Shawn Hogan wrote: > Alexi wrote: > > >I'm not sure what you use to create the user manual, but I'm wondering if > >you can perhaps provide it in word format in addition to the pdf. The > >reason for this is that once in a while we like to update our printed copy, > >and we cannot print on both sides unless doing one page at a time (which > >isn't happening with 250+ pages). In Word, we can print alternating pages > >so as to use half as much paper and a smaller binder. > > Nope... it's not in Word format, nor can Word handle it without retyping > it. > > - Shawn OK Shawn, you've got my curiousity piqued. Exactly WHAT electronic format do you have the Manual in that allows you to export to PDF's and won't allow you to <cut/copy/paste> text nor allow you to export the text? Forget it, I just used my brain to determine that you use FrameMaker 5.5. According to Adobe's web site, Framemaker will allow you to import AND export Microsoft Word 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, and 7.0 files. If you upgrade to version 5.5.6, you can even export MS Word 8.0 files. One question though, since Framemaker will allow you to import a PDF into an existing document, will it allow you to make alterations in another layer or something? Lastly, how about a HTML version of the documentation Shawn? Framemaker has a HTML export feature. If it doesn't work, you can always use Myrimidon. Just for grins I just output the first 50 pages of the manual to see how it would look. http://users.michweb.net/~matt/Optigold/1._Optigold-ISP.pdf41.html I'm not thrilled with the navigation that it throws in by default but it wouldn't be hard to <awk/grep/sed> the html files to adjust it. If you have a problem with me posting that, just say the word and I'll nuke it. Matt `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Matt Simerson http://users.michweb.net/~matt MichWeb Inc. - President http://www.michweb.net The Art Farm - Technical Wizard http://www.theartfarm.com Better to dare Mighty Things and fail, than to live in __o a gray twilight where there is neither victory or _-\<,_ defeat. -- attributed to Theodore Roosevelt ......(_)/ (_) `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe and list archive please visit http://www.data-point.com/lists -------------------------------------------

Messages In This Thread: User Manual by Alexi Touloumis on Mar 23, 1999 at 5:41:29 pm Re: User Manual by Shawn Hogan on Mar 23, 1999 at 5:50:23 pm Re: User Manual by Mark V. Busnelli on Mar 23, 1999 at 6:10:25 pm Re: User Manual by Matt Simerson on Mar 23, 1999 at 8:08:40 pm Re: User Manual by Matt Simerson on Mar 23, 1999 at 8:21:07 pm Re: User Manual by Shawn Hogan on Mar 23, 1999 at 8:40:28 pm Re: User Manual by Matt Simerson on Mar 23, 1999 at 9:15:09 pm User manual by ZooNet Internet Services on Sep 24, 1999 at 10:20:03 am Re: User manual by Shawn Hogan on Sep 24, 1999 at 10:31:03 am User Manual by Colin Rees on Nov 6, 2003 at 9:58:38 am