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Re: Converting a manual into a PDF
- Subject: Re: Converting a manual into a PDF
- From: "vector" <root@localhost>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:45:16 -0500
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- References: <WA7Qd.35$eV5.46@news.oracle.com>
- Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:8534
"Martin Doherty" <martin.doherty@undisclosed.com> wrote in message
news:WA7Qd.35$eV5.46@news.oracle.com...
> http://www.chez.com/apple1/Apple2cDskArchive/Docs/FrManuals/AppleSoft.pdf
>
> Applesoft Basic Reference Manual
>
> Not that I know HOW it was done, but here is a beautiful example of
> turning a paper manual into a PDF. Each logical page holds a 2-page
> opening, very nicely formatted (not sure if it's preserved formatting
> because I don't have the original to compare), and _selectable_text_ that
> you can copy and paste! Somebody took a lot of trouble.
>
> Pity it's all in French :(
> unless you can read French :)
It looks like someone scanned the cover and retyped the rest by hand. I
would've scanned in the manual in color/150 dpi and done OCR on it in
Acrobat to make it searchable, then added bookmarks for each chapter.