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--- Quote from: CJay on November 08, 2018, 09:54:58 am ---However, if you've half a dozen documents I find it becomes way more tricky to cross reference and flip between/compare unless you have a screen large enough to display them side by side or a screen for each document.

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I think paper books is much worse in this regard because the reader:
1) Cannot open same book twice (or more time)
2) Cannot open all the books where they were open last time
3) Cannot easily free working space by hiding unused windows in the tray/another desktop.
4) Cannot copy-paste and easily exchange data from the book (arguable as everyone has a smartphone with a camera)
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: exe on November 08, 2018, 01:19:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: CJay on November 08, 2018, 09:54:58 am ---However, if you've half a dozen documents I find it becomes way more tricky to cross reference and flip between/compare unless you have a screen large enough to display them side by side or a screen for each document.

--- End quote ---

I think paper books is much worse in this regard because the reader:
1) Cannot open same book twice (or more time)
2) Cannot open all the books where they were open last time

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2 is easy, for example:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Read-Past-Bedtime-Beaded-Bookmark/dp/1441322590
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cathedral-Bright-flags-individual-coloured/dp/B001VMAPE2

1 is rarely necessary, with well constructed books, and the solution to 2 makes it easy anyway.
TheNewLab:
Not sure what "X grand" version is. However I would like a searchable PDF of AoE 3rd. I already have the book and workbook. I prefer paper for reading and skimming looking up a section,examples

, but searching for a specific term or example..PDF hands down.
CJay:

--- Quote from: exe on November 08, 2018, 01:19:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: CJay on November 08, 2018, 09:54:58 am ---However, if you've half a dozen documents I find it becomes way more tricky to cross reference and flip between/compare unless you have a screen large enough to display them side by side or a screen for each document.

--- End quote ---

I think paper books is much worse in this regard because the reader:
1) Cannot open same book twice (or more time)
2) Cannot open all the books where they were open last time
3) Cannot easily free working space by hiding unused windows in the tray/another desktop.
4) Cannot copy-paste and easily exchange data from the book (arguable as everyone has a smartphone with a camera)

--- End quote ---
1 is rarely necessary IME but see point 2 which makes it very easy to flip between places in a book.

Bookmarks or postit note page markers make 2 simple.

3, I shuffle documents so I can stack them up, spread them out, pin them to the wall, it's rarely a problem unless I'm working on an A3 or A2 printed schematic, which would be similarly difficult to read on screen IMO.

4 is a good point but not a problem as most 'multiple' documents I use are electronic format, I print out the necesary bits so I can shuffle them, if I need to copy n paste then I open the elctronic version but I don't think I've ever needed to copy and paste from AoE.

It's personal preference, mine is for printed material because it works for me, other people prefer documents on a screen, I'm unlikely to change unless I can suddenly find and afford to buy multiple 23" or larger displays that are as nice to read from as the one on my Kindle Paperwhite and also work as well as my 23" TFT monitor for video, graphics etc.
exe:

--- Quote from: CJay on November 09, 2018, 09:04:38 am ---It's personal preference

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Yep, let's agree on that, and also admit that both paper- and pdf-version totally make sense to co-exists. And also pdf-version is so low effort to produce :). Although, last statement can be wrong due to bureaucracy/copyright/protection issues.
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