Including Acrobat Reader on Manual CD-ROM

[Roberts, Katie]

I include a readme file with a link to the Adobe website and suggest
that download directly from Adobe.
 


Katie Roberts
Ohmart/VEGA Corp.
Cincinnati, OH 
513-272-0524x167
"The important thing is not to stop questioning." 
Albert Einstein 




-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+kroberts=ohmartvega.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+kroberts=ohmartvega.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Alan Litchfield
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:23 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Including Acrobat Reader on Manual CD-ROM

Hmm. They more than likely meant that they didn't people to install
software on their computer just so they could read the files on the CD.

Seems to me:
1. Whoever wrote the RFP may have limited/no understanding of the
requirements of multiple platforms when publishing on CDROM.
2. Whoever wrote the RFP possibly assumes the CDROM will only ever be
run on one platform.
3. Whoever wrote the RFP may not understand that a program is often
integrated with its OS, which makes it difficult to distribute a program
that has not been installed into that environment.

Of course, there are more programs around than just Reader that can open
and display the contents of a PDF. Depends on what other features they
need, like bookmarks, etc. And it depends on what platform(s) you are
distributing for.

Cheers
Alan

Joanne Curme said:
> They probably meant they want a compatible version of Reader included 
> on the CD-ROM so users can install Reader from the CD. They want to 
> avoid the situation of users being unable to read the docs because 
> they don't have the right Reader. It also means users won't need an 
> Internet connection to hunt for and download the right version of
Reader.
>
> Joanne
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces+joanne=exeros.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+joanne=exeros.com at lists.frameusers.com] On 
> Behalf Of David Bills
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 5:22 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: OT: Including Acrobat Reader on Manual CD-ROM
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm familiar with providing an Acrobat Reader installation file on the

> manual CD-ROM, but I just received an RFP that specifies, "Each CD-ROM

> shall have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to enable the user to read 
> the manual by using the CD-ROM only." I spent some time searching 
> Adobe's Web site, but didn't find any information on a version of 
> Acrobat Reader that runs directly from the CD-ROM. If anyone is aware 
> of where I can find this information on Adobe's site, would you please
send me the URL.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dave Bills
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Alan Litchfield MBus (Hons), MNZCS
AlphaByte
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Alan Litchfield MBus (Hons), MNZCS
AlphaByte
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