Tvpaint 11 pro4/5/2024 ![]() ![]() update, change and translate anything at anytime and see it on the website the next day (all is stored in a database so. So with the v11 we decided to change this. The "only" good point was that it was a PDF printable manual. ) + slowing down our whole internet connexion. not easy and expensive (bandwidth, server size. So with demo, release, beta version + Mac, Windows, Linux + 32/64 bits. updating the software was taking ages because in each build we had the PDF manual included (it's much bigger that the software) so we had to send emails with french/english files (and be careful that noone would change them again while he was translating the changes) ![]() ok.īut our japanese translator is working remotly from his home and there was no way for him to know automatically we changed something. We had to add a chapter in both french & english files. Now let say we wanted to add an option in the software. But free software have their counterparts : the layout of the page was not the same when one was opening the file on a PC, Mac or Linux. Everything was done in LibreOffice because I started to write the manuals in OpenOffice more than 10 years ago (as freelance I wanted to earn money). Much more complex than one can imagine as french usually require much more words than english + for japanese : it was depending on the sentence and the structure of the sentence is quite different. Otherwise it's not easy to say to someone go to this page #. we had to be careful to have/keep the same layout of english, french & japanese languages. more and more people were asking for video tutorials. At the end, there was no way to update the manual quickly & easily. each time we wanted to update or fix a mistake in the PDF, we had to prepare a software update and include it within. With v10 and earlier versions, the manual was 100% PDF and we faced a lot of users complaints and problems : Well, I think it's probably time to explain our choice : Viewtopic.php?f=29&t=9514&p=88057" onclick="window.open(this.href) return false Having the whole Index repeat in front of each section of the User Manual is very frustrating.īy the way, I tried what you suggested in that other thread but I need to be included, along with, ,, so the section on OOP function is complete. ![]() But look what happens: most of page 7 is taken up with the last part of the Index and only a small portion of page 7 is the start of the section explaining the OOP function. so I only need to print or convert to PDF the last three pages, 7 - 10, which include the actual information on the OOP function that I want to print out or convert to PDF. If I printed the whole thing it would be a total of 10 pages, including 7 pages that are only the repeat of the User Manual Index. See the attached file as an example: in this case I wanted to print or make a PDF of the section on the Out-Of-Pegs function. It is ridiculous to suggest that the user should copy & paste each individual section of the documentation - there are hundreds of sections, with the ten page index repeated in between each section."Įven if the user manually prints each section, and the user's printer interface gives the option to only print a certain range of pages (say out of a total of 10 pages, you only need to print pages 7 - through - 10 ), it doesn't work properly with the way the current TVPaint 11 User Manual is formatted. It is not a competent, professional approach. the whole ten page index repeats in front of every section of the user documentation. "Each section of the Documentation repeats the 10 page index. I don't insist on PDF, but I really expect the documentation of the software being installed physically right beside the software. (And Adobe doesn't ever listen to any complaint.) But what's the sense in crippling a software for each legitimate user as well? This is not DRM, this is plain nonsense. I could guess that this might have been done to spot copied licences. ![]() Instead, several popups indicate that "your database will be updated" and other nonsense, and you only get pages with how-tos of absolutely nothing you'd be interested in, and any search would only lead to posts in user forums. Pressing help would only start a website trying to connect to an Adobe server - but not showing the manual. It worked well, was searchable, and really useful (for all Adobe programs). When they started their CS branding, they abandoned the printed manual, but still included the same concise manual in the installation. In the 90's Photoshop was sold with a printed manual, a really well done piece of information. Adobe is a perfect example of not Bad but Worst Practice. ![]()
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