[Elecraft] K3 and Docs in general...

[Kevin Rock]

    I agree with you on the use of pdf for distributing files.  The format  
allows one to lock the document so it can look the same across platforms  
and operating systems.  I also intensely dislike MS Word for technical  
writing.  You have to fight it every step of the way.  I use FrameMaker  
and LaTex to craft professional documents which can format every part of  
the finished document in exquisite detail.  MS Word makes it a struggle.   
Once I have the finished LaTex file I can easily transform it as HTML or a  
.doc or as a .pdf file simultaneously.  LaTex is required for IEEE and  
other professional publications.  I learned how to use it while crafting  
papers in grad school.
    Kevin.  KD5ONS



On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:54:32 -0800, Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO  
<w5wvo at cybermesa.net> wrote:

> PDF is not intended to be an editable format. It is intended to be a
> distribution format. While extremely minor tweaks can be made in a PDF  
> as a
> last-minute fix, there is no "secret unlock key" that turns Acrobat into  
> a
> word processor. It just isn't that kind of animal, was never intended to  
> be,
> and never will be.
>
> The K3 manual was apparently written in Microsoft Word (which, as a tech
> writer, I dislike quite intensely, much preferring Adobe FrameMaker). To
> edit the document, you would need the Microsoft Word (and additional
> illustration/photo) source files.
>
> Bill W5WVO
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ragle
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 02:23
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and Docs in general...
>
> Just a suggestion (and maybe there is an easy way to accomplish this,
> but I don't know it):
>
> Make the *.pdf documentation file directly editable (local version
> only!). (I have the full Acrobat Professional, and it will not allow
> editing if the K3 file.)
>
>
>
> My K3 file is gussied up with "sticky notes," which I hate. I would much
> rather be able to add directly to the text (or incorporate errata
> directly to the file). Some *.pdf files are "unlocked," but others do
> not permit direct editing; the K3 file is one of the latter kind.
>
> I would be glad to learn how to remove the write-protection on my local
> file copy of the user manual. Someone suggested writing comments in the
> margins of a printed copy. This seems a bit old-fashioned and difficult
> to update, but it would accomplish much the same thing.
>
> John Ragle -- W1ZI
>
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