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stitchwhich) wrote2010-11-23 09:19 am
stitchwhich) wrote2010-11-23 09:19 am
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My new car stereo system has a 146 page operator's manual. Sounds thick? It's not - because it's on a CD. Yeah, I have to go into my house, load up the CD, find the pertinent page, print it, and then return to the car. Because it is configured as a .pdf file that doesn't allow any tampering OR copying to a memory stick or something that would fit a notepad/notebook. (Not that I have either, I'm just saying.) So I have spent part of my morning printing out all of the pages I think I'm going to need to use this thing, and trimming all the excess paper from each page. Why am I trimming? Did I mention that it doesn't allow any tampering to the .pdf? Yup - specifically configured to one, count it, one, printing selection, which my printer interpretes as 'middle of the page'. It should have come out pamphlet-printed, but there's no way I can get it to do that.
Thank goodness for scissors and Diet Pepsi in the morning. I comfort myself that because of the printing hooey, I'm getting a larger-printed instruction book than I would have, which will make it easier to read in uncertain light. And I don't have to print out the pages that have nothing to do with my particular model (or how I choose to use it - I'm skipping 'bluetooth', for example.)
And I can finally switch the clock onto Daylight Savings Time.
Thank goodness for scissors and Diet Pepsi in the morning. I comfort myself that because of the printing hooey, I'm getting a larger-printed instruction book than I would have, which will make it easier to read in uncertain light. And I don't have to print out the pages that have nothing to do with my particular model (or how I choose to use it - I'm skipping 'bluetooth', for example.)
And I can finally switch the clock onto Daylight Savings Time.