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Subject:Re: Windows Help vs. PDF From:The Tech Writer <techwrtr -at- CRL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:35:54 -0700
> 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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