[BC] Manuals online...Not

[Jeff Allen]

Everyone is different of course.  I just use Notepad to make notes.  I like
the PDF because of the search, much faster than thumbing through a huge
manual to locate the part number for Q12 at 3 AM.  You can always print the
manuals, put a nice 3 ring binder at the site.  You can even have several
copies of the manual.

J Allen




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cowboy" <curt at spam-o-matic.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Manuals online...Not


>
>  Missed this the first time.....
>
> > > I love manuals online in PDF.
>
>  Personally, I don't *quite* hate 'em.
>
> > > They are easily updated.
>
>  True.
>
> > > The companyn
> > > could
> > > just simply send with the product a sheet on where the manual is
located
> > > on
> > > the Internet.
>
>  I really hope you're not suggesting "instead of" a hard copy with the
product,
>  but only as an addendum to it ?
>
> > > No need to password protect it, just don't make any link to it
available.
> > > Competitors can't get to it if they don't know the file name or see a
link
> > > on the website.
>
>  Competitors can ALWAYS get a copy if they want one.
>
>  On-line manuals have the distinct disadvantage ( as discussed here in the
past )
>  of being unable to easily flip pages in batches, back and forth, as with
a dead
>  tree version.
>  Oh, it's slightly easier in X-windows to have multiple pages open at
once,
>  but I found it REALLY difficult if not impossible in Microsoft windows.
>
>  Sometimes, I want to run my finger down the page as I do the
step-by-step, and
>  sometimes write notes in the margins, neither of which is do-able with a
pdf.
>
>
> -- 
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