Creating documentation: eBook

scottalanmiller

@g.jacobse said:

I've converted many Word or Excel documents to PDF in the past. Just wondered if using the eBook format would work better.

PDF is considered to be an eBook format along with Mobi and ePub.

Dashrender

I would think ebook types (other than PDF) would be more limiting as you'd have to ensure you have a reader on whatever device you want to view them on. PDFs can be read on nearly anything.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

I would think ebook types (other than PDF) would be more limiting as you'd have to ensure you have a reader on whatever device you want to view them on. PDFs can be read on nearly anything.

Exactly. When I get digital books when I buy then, PDF is still the main format. I use PDF for everything except Kindle and then use Mobi. Mobi is a pain before things like the Kindle reader on Windows won't allow you to read Mobi docs.

DenisKelley

@scottalanmiller said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

Word

Does that work on Kindle devices? I don't believe that it does.

PDF works natively on both, no extra software needed.

LOL, I took his response to mean http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Word

scottalanmiller

@DenisKelley said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

Word

Does that work on Kindle devices? I don't believe that it does.

PDF works natively on both, no extra software needed.

LOL, I took his response to mean http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Word

LMAO, perhaps he did. Word to your mother.

Dashrender

@DenisKelley said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

Word

Does that work on Kindle devices? I don't believe that it does.

PDF works natively on both, no extra software needed.

LOL, I took his response to mean http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Word

lol I was wondering that..

Carnival Boy

I'm not that hip.

The Kindle app on phones and tablets support Word docs. The Kindle device doesn't. But I'm not sure how good IT documentation is on a traditional Kindle anyway as it's likely to be full of screen prints and diagrams and they're not great on it.

Reid Cooper

I think that PDF is the most universal. If you only want to make a single format that would be the one.

gjacobse

That is an easy option.. and in so many cases it can be over complicated...

I've not done PDF navigation before.. so I'll start in MS Word and go from there...

scottalanmiller

Something else that I have noticed is, at least from what I have seen, PDFs tend to be tiny compared to most other ebook formats.