Finding one's way...
Feb. 16th, 2007 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpThe references supplied with the job that's going to consume today (which is half gone) and this weekend consist of a 626-page document, the Russian version of which is provided as a PDF, and the English version of which has been provided as a Word file.
This sounds like a job for... The Sleuthhound!
There are times I am mildly surprised by the resources one must acquire to deal with situations like this, where people seem almost perversely intent on handicapping you despite having engaged you to do something important for them.
* * * I've been outside on and off from time to time these past couple of days scraping ice off the driveway. Unlike our driveway in Pagosa, which is long but gradual, my dad's driveway is short and steep.
But a whole lot less icy than it was when I arrived. :^)
Cheers...
UPDATE: Oops! I spoke too soon. I forgot that the end client likes to "protect" his PDFs so they can only be opened in Acrobat or printed. Opening them in any other application is apparently taboo. I think I will drop a note to my client informing them that my use of the reference will be limited, but I'm sure such a thought will get more of a hearing here than in the real world.
This sounds like a job for... The Sleuthhound!
There are times I am mildly surprised by the resources one must acquire to deal with situations like this, where people seem almost perversely intent on handicapping you despite having engaged you to do something important for them.
But a whole lot less icy than it was when I arrived. :^)
Cheers...
UPDATE: Oops! I spoke too soon. I forgot that the end client likes to "protect" his PDFs so they can only be opened in Acrobat or printed. Opening them in any other application is apparently taboo. I think I will drop a note to my client informing them that my use of the reference will be limited, but I'm sure such a thought will get more of a hearing here than in the real world.
