Using PDF for a help system is a great idea – providing you don’t make some basic mistakes, keep true to what PDF is, and don’t force it to be what it isn’t. Some general rules for implementing Help documentation in PDF format might go like this: 1) RESPECT THE PRINTED PAGE, aka, think about […]
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Acrobat 8’s Help: A Review
Few people pay much attention to help files. Like the proverbial (and now nearly extinct) Printed Software Manual, most users only crack open the Help menu when in extremis. The preferred method is to blunder though dialogs and settings on a hunt for magic buttons. It takes a serious stumbling block to convince today’s user […]
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