RE: Unfriendly User Manuals

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, companies have lost the art of dead tree manuals.

What I've done in the past in this case, when it's a manual I use a lot, I
cut the pages out of the book, if it's a real cheap book simply bending the
binding all the way back does this.

Then I took a 3 ring punch and punched the pages and stuck them in a small 3
ring binder.

Wasted a bunch of time to make a 3 ring binder manual but since I used it a
lot, it was worth it to me.

Regards,

Jim Langston

From: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@dilgardfoods.com>

Arrgh!  Just had another company do this to me.

ICS (the FormSprint people) sent the latest copy of their user manual.
Instead of loose leaf pages in a 3-ring binder, it's now a paperback
book.  It no longer stays open on _any_ page, let alone a specific
page.  Therefore I have to hold it open with 1 hand when in use.
Furthermore, the spine won't stand up to much use, period.