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.
Subject:RE: Linking from an application to a PDF From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L (E-mail)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:27:16 -0500
Hi Andreas,
Greeting from sunny Rockville. How are you generating your PDF -- from
Frame, from Word, or from "other?"
Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ternes, Andreas
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:04 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: AW: Linking from an application to a PDF
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Sure you are right when you say that using an online help
> application is the better choice.
> But in some cases it might be better to have a pdf "online
> help" instead of having nothing.
> We are in a similar situation. We do not have the time and
> manpower (at least not at the moment)
> to develop an online help for our software
> application. That's why we use pdf at the moment, too.
> And the possibility to link to a certain page in the pdf when
> calling help would be an improvement.
>
> Maybe the original poster is in a similar situation.
>
> Greetings from Germany
>
> Andreas Ternes
