Vista Manual

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Has anybody found or seen a published manual for Vista?

I have downloaded a WVPG RTM guide but would like to have a hard copy
manual.
 
I * think but can't remember I saw a picture of the Product Guide--and my
*guess is MSFT may be giving them out at selected events as a "hard copy,"
but most of the time it has been available as a download which you can print
out. When the first edition was available, it was fun to play games trying
to print the format (.xps) with XP which I did get done.

Vista Product Guide Download: Download the guide as a Microsoft Word
document or in the new Windows Vista XPS document format
www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bbc16ebf-4823-4a12-afe1-5b40b2ad3725&DisplayLang=en

I don't know a link or place to get the hard copy.

The original was a superficial cheerleading/ad brochure that I think has
it's best efficacy in elementary school class rooms. Colin Barnhorst posted
that the newest version has some useful chapters though, so it probably was
updated and improved.

Some of the books that are showing up now on store shelves have some good
under the hood stuff that you can use every day though,
http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=267959011

CH
 
As I mentioned I have downloaded version of WVPG RTM.xps.

The guide appears as 316 pages. Trying to print it, if it did not use up a
bunch of of ink cartridges it surely probably burn up the printer mechanism

Though I could put it on a disk and take to a printer, like Kindo's but when
you view it, it appears as online manual in IE.

Thanks for your replies.
 
SD said:
As I mentioned I have downloaded version of WVPG RTM.xps.

The guide appears as 316 pages. Trying to print it, if it did not use up a
bunch of of ink cartridges it surely probably burn up the printer
mechanism
Though I could put it on a disk and take to a printer, like Kindo's but
when you view it, it appears as online manual in IE.
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You can dowload the docx version instead of the xps and it will open in MS
Word 2007 (or 2003 if you have the 2007 converters installed). I downloaded
the docx, opened it in Word 2007 and saved it as PDF and the size went from
61.3 MB to 6.7 MB.
 
Don't have either word,2007 or 2003.
Tom Porterfield said:
You can dowload the docx version instead of the xps and it will open in MS
Word 2007 (or 2003 if you have the 2007 converters installed). I
downloaded the docx, opened it in Word 2007 and saved it as PDF and the
size went from 61.3 MB to 6.7 MB.
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SD said:
Don't have either word,2007 or 2003.
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1. Word Viewer is available as free download on Microsoft web site.

2. Please don't change post order of the thread, it makes it really
difficult to follow messages with mixed top- and bottom-posts.
 
Personally I don't class the 'product guide' as a manual. To me a manual
'instructs' as to what the different features do or do not do. The Vista
product guide is simply that, a product guide - ideal for a saleman to flick
through and familiarise himself with Vista's features. It certainly doesn't
tell you how to use them - well not in the hard copy i have, anyway.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
Windows Shell/User

Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org

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kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for
any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the
use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this
mail/post..
 
How can I obtain a hard copy?
Thanks
John Barnett MVP said:
Personally I don't class the 'product guide' as a manual. To me a manual
'instructs' as to what the different features do or do not do. The Vista
product guide is simply that, a product guide - ideal for a saleman to
flick through and familiarise himself with Vista's features. It certainly
doesn't tell you how to use them - well not in the hard copy i have,
anyway.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
Windows Shell/User

Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org

The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable
for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out
of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in
this mail/post..
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2. Please don't change post order of the thread, it makes it really
difficult to follow messages with mixed top- and bottom-posts.
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Alexander - Please don't bottom post. Scrolling to the bottom of a long post
is a pain.

Quote and post like this.
 
Bobby said:
Alexander - Please don't bottom post. Scrolling to the bottom of a long
post is a pain.

Quote and post like this.
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Thank you, I usually do exactly that unless the original post does not
exceed one full page and I feel the need to quote it fully. Which was the
case in my previous post.
 
Thank you, I usually do exactly that unless the original post does not
exceed one full page and I feel the need to quote it fully. Which was the
case in my previous post.
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Alexander - "Quoting fully" is a contradiction in terms. And there was a lot
of extraneous information contained in the message that should have been
snipped. And "page length" (as you put it) is dependent on display device
and display device setting so please consider other users. Thank you.
 
Bobby said:
Alexander - "Quoting fully" is a contradiction in terms.
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Sure, just wrong wording.
And there was a lot of extraneous information contained
in the message that should have been snipped.
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No, there wasn't. The reason for my reply was the way the message I was
replying to was formatted, not particular sentence inside it. So
reformatting it and presenting it fully in my reply was the way I was trying
to make a point.
And "page length" (as you put it) is dependent on display device and
display device setting so please consider other
users. Thank you.
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Yeah, you've got me here, although I'm usually thinking about number of
lines, not in "full page" terms.

As I said before, quote-posting is what I usually do when it's appropriate.
In this case it wasn't.
 
The problem is when we send a message with a attached "docx". There are users
that don't know how to open the docx.
Thank you very much.
 
Nelson said:
The problem is when we send a message with a attached "docx". There are
users
that don't know how to open the docx.
Thank you very much.
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There are two options. They can download the Office Compatibility Pack that
will add support to Word 2000, XP and 2003 to be able to open and, edit and
save files in Office 2007 format. The compatibility pack can be downloaded
from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466.

The other option is for the Office 2007 users to save the files in Word
97-2003 format.
 
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