9 Dec
2008
9 Dec
'08
1:56 p.m.
On 9 Dec 2008 at 14:30, Jim Brain wrote:
I think most folks assume you'll use the search
functionality anyway.
And, I think there are conversion solutions online that will render PDF
as HTML online for your use.
I find, though, it's better to save the PDF local, as I use them all the
time.
If it's a document I constantly refer to, I prefer paper (with an
index, if possible, not just a table of contents). My big gripe is
with the oddball web search.
Usually a PDF hit involves downloading the entire document. What
slows me up is when I'm doing a search and I *think* that a Google
search has hit paydirt, but I have to download the entire PDF and
search it to see if it's what I'm looking for. (Don't even get me
started on the inadquecy of Google's "View as HTML" feature!).
Perhaps Google can spiff up its search so that it extracts just a few
pages, converts them to HTML and points me there, like Google Books
does. Maybe there's a search that already does and I'm just not
aware of it.
Cheers,
Chuck