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Re: Viewer for postscript doc files on NT sdk.

#2298
From: Chris Marriott
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:43
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In article <1324@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu> manaster@yu1.yu.edu writes:

>I  understand that there are some viewers that one can use to view
> all the postscript documentation files on the NT sdk CD_ROM.
>[ stuff deleted ]
> Why on Earth did microsoft put this out in this fashion without a
> viewer. It almost seems like this is part of some mad plan to
> force people to BUY the docs.
>

Because the CD-ROM *also* contains the same information in Windows Write,
and in "Help" format.  Lots of people have a PostScript printer, and for
those people, supplying the documentation in PostScript format allows them
to directly print the documentation without the bother of having to go via
a word processor.

> Thank you very much for the help.
>
> Henry Manaster
>

Best wishes,

Chris
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