Thanks, Mauricio and all you others who offered, but we already have all
the tools to do it. The Getting Started guide is highly graphical and is
loaded with screen shots and diagrams. The RTF and PDF output are
therefore enormous.

Perhaps everyone would just wait a little while and give Jason some
breathing time to think about it...we are both pretty preoccupied this week
on urgent work, a lot of things on the Agenda. Next week I'm going to be
away in NZ until Sunday (mother of the bride, first shot at that, as
daughter No. 1 eloped).

IMO, the hard-copy output from WinHelp is quite reasonable. I guess the
benefit you lose is the Index.

Our help authoring program does quite a good job of producing a book
format, but some of our diagrams are too large for a page, making some of
the pagination a bit bizarre...

H.

At 01:06 PM 11-01-01 +0000, you wrote:

>Jason,
>
>If you like I can sign you and Helen up for a beta version of my Word
>Processor. I'm using it for all my writing and it generates PDF
>files very easily, even though it IS a BETA version and as such some
>quircks popup. It works with it's own compressed document format but
>can handle RTF quite easily.
>
>If you think this would be usefull in releasing a PDF version, just
>say the word and I'll send you download instructions.
>
>All my best,
>
>Mauricio
>
>
>
>--- In IBObjects@egroups.com, "Jason Wharton" <jwharton@i...> wrote:
> > I have one that I can make available upon request from those who
>have
> > purchased it. Someone sent it to me a while back so I cannot
>guarantee its
> > quality.
> >
> > Jason Wharton
> > CPS - Mesa AZ
> > http://www.ibobjects.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shane van de Vorstenbosch" <shanevan@o...>
> > To: <IBObjects@egroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 4:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: [IBO] Getting started with IBobjects in a PDF format?
> >
> >
> > > I fully agree.
> > >
> > > Online help is nice, but with links within the PDF it is now
>possible to
> > > offer all the features of online help within the pdf.
> > >
> > > But to me a getting started guide is best as a book. It is
>something that
> > I
> > > would carry around with me for a week and read whenever I had a
>spare
> > > moment. That way I get a much better idea about what the product
>can do
> > and
> > > so when I am at the PC I am much more focused. I don't have the
>time to
> > > spend at the PC learning new things at the moment but I do have a
>lot of
> > > wasted time away from the PC.
> > >
> > > I now know enough about Interbase not to buy the help version,
>but I would
> > > spend the money to gain further knowledge in my wasted moments.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Shane
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Peter " <crawford_p@b...>
> > > To: <IBObjects@egroups.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:59 AM
> > > Subject: [IBO] Getting started with IBobjects in a PDF format?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Jason,
> > > >
> > > > Any chance that your guide will be in a PDF format in the
>future,
> > > > thus enabling a full hardcopy to be made?
> > > >
> > > > Regards, Peter
>
>

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