Release Notes

jeffreywilens · #1 April 12th, 2014, 02:02 PM

You are correct, I was looking at the PDF version since it is more functional. For example, I can search the entire document by a word or phrase and find something pretty quickly. I'm sure there is a way to take a hyperlinked website and convert it to searchable PDF, but I don't know how.

Cross · #2 April 12th, 2014, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffreywilens

I'm sure there is a way to take a hyperlinked website and convert it to searchable PDF, but I don't know how.

Assuming you have a write version (not just a reader version) of Adobe Acrobat, go to:

File...
Create PDF...
From Web Page...
Browse...

May want to choose 'multiple levels' or 'get entire site'.
I think I used several levels when I made that version 5 GG a few years ago.

You may need to do a bit of clean up after you've imported the html docs into PDF.

Cross

jeffreywilens · #3 April 12th, 2014, 03:45 PM

Thanks I ran my Adobe Professional and got the entire website as a searchable PDF. The bookmarks are no good but they could be manually entered when I get around to it. I can upload the document here but it's about 12MB and it too large to attach.

Cross · #4 April 12th, 2014, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffreywilens

Thanks I ran my Adobe Professional and got the entire website as a searchable PDF. The bookmarks are no good but they could be manually entered when I get around to it. I can upload the document here but it's about 12MB and it too large to attach.

ZIP the file.

The forum allows ZIP files up to 24MB.

Cross

jeffreywilens · #5 April 12th, 2014, 06:04 PM

Control F does not work across the entire HTML document. It really depends on what page you start on. For example, if you type "radio" on the first page (Introduction), you get nothing. If you click on FAQ and run the search, then you get nothing. If you click on "Main Game Screen" then you get some hits, but not all. You get more hits if you click on the next page which is "Playing a scenario." And so on. Note the Index pages or links on the left of the web pages do not necessarily link up to what the "next page" jump takes you to. The Index should have main titles and subparts if it cannot be one giant page, which would search okay.

Here is the zip.

By the way I did not download the PDF several years ago but only this year. No need to snap when I took the time to post this for others' benefit as well.

scorpio_rocks · #6 April 12th, 2014, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffreywilens

... I can search the entire document by a word or phrase and find something pretty quickly...

Ctrl-F allows you to search the game guide in your browser...

Mobhack · #7 April 12th, 2014, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffreywilens

You are correct, I was looking at the PDF version since it is more functional. For example, I can search the entire document by a word or phrase and find something pretty quickly. I'm sure there is a way to take a hyperlinked website and convert it to searchable PDF, but I don't know how.

Well next time please mention the relevant facts up-front so we don't have to waste our time checking if the game documentation is wrong because you were looking at some third-party PDF file you downloaded several years ago.

Andy