ML
    • Recent
    • Categories
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    Creating documentation: eBook

    IT Discussion
    6
    16
    2.4k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • S
      scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy
      last edited by

      @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.

      D 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • D
        Dashrender
        last edited by

        Yeah I'd write it in Word, then save it as a PDF.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • G
          gjacobse
          last edited by

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

          I know that you can insert navigational links in a PDF - just haven't done so previously..

          S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • S
            scottalanmiller @gjacobse
            last edited by

            @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.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • D
              Dashrender
              last edited by

              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.

              S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • S
                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                last edited by

                @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.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • D
                  DenisKelley @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @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

                  S D 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 2
                  • S
                    scottalanmiller @DenisKelley
                    last edited by

                    @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.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • D
                      Dashrender @DenisKelley
                      last edited by

                      @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..
                      😛

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • C
                        Carnival Boy
                        last edited by

                        😃 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.

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • R
                          Reid Cooper
                          last edited by

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

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                          • G
                            gjacobse
                            last edited by

                            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...

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • S
                              scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              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.

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • 1 / 1
                              • First post
                                Last post