A manual suggestion

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(02-23-2015 03:42 PM)walter b Wrote:  How about this:

You can get a personalized WP 34S pdf manual allowing for electronic search and containing hyperlinks. Beyond that, it will be almost equal to the printed v3.3 edition available at CreateSpace except it will not contain App. J (history); most photographs will be b/w; and there will be some means implemented to encourage you keeping it as your personal electronic file. Of course, everything can be hacked today (alas, not only by the NSA or Her Majesty's Secret Service) but I count on your honesty.

The price would be 9 US$ per manual file...

I think this is a reasonable compromise, thank you Walter for being open to change, something many of us here struggle with. The changes you propose are all reasonable IMHO for the likely usage of a PDF version (core reference info, portability, seaching). Gotta make sure I can access it on my Android phone!

(02-23-2015 05:59 PM)BarryMead Wrote:  If I can view/search the manual from my Debian Wheezy Linux system, then I would definitely pay the $9.00 for a quicker access manual. But if it WON'T work on my Linux system, then it's of no value to me. Can anyone confirm that the Linux PDF utilities will be able to view/search through the locked PDF?

The Acrobat format has long supported locked documents (and locked features, such as not allowing Printing, etc.) so if the Linux utilities properly support the full PDF spec, it should not be an issue.

That said, Walter I suggest 2 things :

1. Use genuine Adobe Acrobat to make your customized files, and
2. Make some sample files (any content, but of similar complexity) with all the locked features you plan to include and post them here for users to "test drive" with the PDF reader of choice so we know what does / doesn't really work ahead of the true manual work.