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Viewing PDF manuals online

2004-02-05 14:51:26
Subject: Viewing PDF manuals online
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 14:50:55 -0500
Just thought I'd mention...

There have been observations that viewing PDFed manuals online is a drudge,
making one want to keep hardcopies of TSM manuals to flip through to quickly
get to information.  Having had only hardcopy manuals my first 20 years in
data processing, I understand.

I've been a Macintosh user since about 1986 and recently got a G5 for my
office workstation.  In Mac OS X (whose standard document model is PDF) is
an application called Preview, for viewing PDF and graphics file.  Its speed
is incredible, making online PDF use a joy.  I used Acrobat Reader before this
- which was the speed of a tortoise...enough to discourage anyone from viewing
PDFs on-screen.  But Preview is like lightning: as you type the phrase you
want to find, Preview is already finding hits for you.  By the time I've
finished typing the phrase, it has found them all.

If you have any say in your workstation choice, this is the way to go.
I can now search a huge manual in seconds.  I never bother with hardcopy
manuals any more, saving lots of storage space and much personal time.

   Richard Sims

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