PDF User Manual?

[AlanHuntington]

Is it possible to download a PDF version of the user manual, as I find it difficult to use BYE and having to switch between the main program and the user manual, I tend to print manuals out and use that way, but no matter how hard I look, I can't find a PDF version anywhere on this site.

[yorkpf]

Has any advance been made on producing a pdf version of the User Manual?

 

I have wasted a lot of paper trying to print the Help version - typically pages get chopped off on the right hand side.

 

It does not make sense to me to have to search through a Help window while I am trying to use BYE 3.1. I have two screens going, and during observations, have up to six different windows open already. I don't want to open another one.

 

I think there is a good argument here for a hard-copy manual.

 

Regards

Paul

[admin]

Download and install the latest 3.1.8.

 

The pdf is in the install folder.

[yorkpf]

Thanks Guylain.

Much appreciated ...

Paul

[AaronSmall]

Alan,

 

If you were able to get the chm to PDF to work, you might want to send it to Guylain (to save him time doing it himself) or post it someplace for others to download.  I know I would download it.

 

Aaron

[AlanHuntington]

My apologies for not responding sooner but the conversion was not as perfect as I at first thought it to be, it cut/split some of the graphics across two pages.

 

So I was trying other methods, and I failed, my attempts cut some of the graphics down the right side, but my son came up with the goods, a link to the document is: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1k3wqvk0kpfggnz/AAD5tFh-16Vh-jEdHQ4jFeC3a?d1=0

 

And Guylian if you think this conversion is acceptable you are more than welcome to use it, after all it is you're intellectual property.

[AlanHuntington]

The link got truncated for some reason, should be:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1k3wqvk0kpfggnz/AAD5tFh-16Vh-jEdHQ4jFeC3a?d1=0

[dts350z]

That link didn't work for me.

 

I've noticed something odd about pasting links in here. If you don't use the the link tool in the editor, they don't seem to work, although they look identical?

[AlanHuntington]

I don't know why it keeps putting the periods in the link??????

[dts350z]

The periods aren't the problem.If you click on it you'll see they're not in the actual link.

 

Are you using the link tool (9th button from the left on the bottom row) to enter the URL?

[AlanHuntington]

Yes I tried the link button after you brought it to my attention, but it just froze the page and I had to close the browser window and come back in.

have to work on it.

thanks anyway,

[AlanHuntington]

I guess you need firefox to use the link button, again thanks to my son

just hope this works.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a1lct3qtapppa2c/BackyardEOS%20Version%203.1.0.pdf?dl=0

[admin]

Hi Alan,

 

No, not yet.  In 3.1 it is only available as a .chm file.

 

I will compile a PDF version, hopefully in time for the next 3.1.3 release.

 

Regards,

[AlanHuntington]

Yeah!!!

and now the other links seem to be active. I give up.

[astroman133]

Is there a problem with printing out the .chm file?

[admin]

Is there a problem with printing out the .chm file?

 

It is not practical, I believe CHM will only print the chapter you are current on, not the entire file

[zelonisv_bob]

dts350z,

 

Thanks so much for making us aware of the .chm-to-.PDF conversion software. The zamzar.co worked beautifully for me.  I, too, like to have a printed copy of manuals, although, the manual for SkyTools 3 is way too big, around 250 pages! That's about an entire tree's-worth of paper.   {^0^}

 

Bob Z.

[PoppaChris]

Aaron has a great idea here.  I'm sure Guylain would welcome the help and I know the rest of us would like to download it too.

[dts350z]

http://glenn.ws/web/images/BackyardEOS%20UserGuide.pdf

 

unofficial 

[PoppaChris]

Great link!  Thanks!

[AlanHuntington]

You can only print one-sided full page, you can't do double sided or booklet printing for example, making for a thick document and using a lot of paper.

[astronknip]

But then again there is sooo much tutorials online for BYEOS and BYNIKKON there are some with Guylain himself is the host, and yes it is 2 hours long but you see all the aspect of this little gem! Still going trough the tutorials right now!

[astronknip]

I just spent all night up to handle this software!! boy am i ready now i feel very very comfortable with BYEOS now.... now if we can have the good weather!!

[dts350z]

If you google "chm to pdf" you get these two at the top:

 

http://www.zamzar.com/convert/chm-to-pdf/

 

http://www.chmtopdf.com/

 

and there are more after that.

[AlanHuntington]

Thank you Milky Way, The http://www.zamzar.co...ert/chm-to-pdf/ link worked perfectly, but the http://www.chmtopdf.com/ download program only managed the front and last pages, all the other pages were blank.

 

But really! Thanks a lot.

 

And thank you to all who took the trouble to comment, I know there are a lot of tutorials out there, I've watched a few, but I must be old fashioned, I like a hard copy to refer back to, but thank you one and all.