Nice to have -- Printable SolidWorks Plugin manual
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:41 am
by John Layne
Just installed the new plugin and 1.7
It would be nice have a printable manual, I prefer some bed time reading rather than dragging my laptop to bed. The light from my laptop would annoy my partner
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:13 am
by JDHill
I understand, but I don't have any tools other than Office 2003 to do that with. It would be alot (alot!) easier to use a Word .doc, but by using HTML, I can (a) be sure that anyone can read the manual with nothing more than a regular web browser, and (b) update bits and pieces of the help mid-version without needing to roll out a whole new single-file manual (since by default, the plugin looks on-line for help).
Most modern web browsers should allow you to print the whole help file out, e.g. in IE, go to File > Print, then click on the Options tab and check 'Print all linked documents'. That should do the trick, since the HTML doesn't use any fancy scripts, just plain HTML/CSS.
JD