Date   : Mon, 04 Nov 2002 14:38:42 +0000
From   : Paul Wheatley <p.r.wheatley@...>
Subject: Re: Which format do you want BBC manuals in? RTF/HTML

Matt Cocker wrote:
> Sorry if this is duplicated but I sent it 18 hours ago and it has not
> arrived on the list yet.
> 
> Hello everybody who wants BBC manuals, books, documentation, etc. on line.
> 
> I am carrying out further conversion of BBC manuals and documentation.
> 
> The main question is do you want universal versions that will display on
> everybodys system correctly (HTML) or do you want exact versions that only
> work on some systems (RTF)?
> 
> As I state above the HTML versions are easier to make and if this is what
> you are happy with I can save myself a lot of time and effort.
> 
> Feedback on any the manuals I have done is much appreciated, good or bad,
> but make the bad comments constuctive please.

Have you considered Latex? Thats a better archival format than PDF as you can 
easily move it to other formats (including PDF to view it if required). With 
PDF, you're a little more tied in.

Having said that, PDF seems to be a popular archival format at the moment. 
Personally I'm not exactly sure why tho...

Cheers

Paul
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