atw: Re: page numbering -- ockham's razor
- From: Michael Edward Granat <megranat@xxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:05:49 +1000 (EST)
Cling on to those beliefs if you like, Steve (H)
Setting laser printers to stun...
...but one is always better off to Vulcanize one's Word
files by PDFing them.
This gives you something that you cannot get from reopening
a file in Word - Version Control!
A PDF doesn't "update" fields when it displays itself.
PDFing is the only manageable way to lock in a version or
what I call a "print instance" of a Word file for posterity,
no matter what virtual print driver is in use.
Reopen a file in Word and it will change, depending on the
updateable fields in use and even repaginate, depending on
the selected Windows print: driver / resolution; and page
size settings.
Only printing to file gives similar electronic version
control, except that you can only view the output by either
using the file to generate a PDF or by resending it to the
printer queue - back to bleached dead tree slivers.
Sheesh. I'm a Techical Communicator (humanoid input/output
device) not a Windows print driver!
Now beam me up Scotty, this topic sux.
Cheers,
Micky G.
Starship Writerprize
Quoting Steve Hudson <adslyy5g@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> I am a Klingon technical writer. My documents do not get shredded, they
> run
> rampaging through the galaxy, pillaging all readers in their path. When
> my
> documents are not printed, it is because there is no paper of high
> enough
> quality to store my wisdom on.
>
> :-)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Edward Granat
>
> ...
>
> We should all be making an effort to be less dependent on printing to
> wasteful output media such as paper, plastic cells and the like.
>
> Better for the planet and a lot less shredding for us to do at the end
> of
> each week.
>
Michael E. Granat
Qualified Good Tech Writer Dude
Fellowship Of The Ring Of Tech Writers, Yeah Baby!
T/as Write Ideas
E-mail: mailto:writeideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: <http://home.pacific.net.au/~megranat/>
Without Prejudice.
E&OE.
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