EOS Utility PDF Manual Download

[JS4269]

Hello,

How can I download a PDF copy of the EOS Utility user manual?  

After much searching, I can only find old versions in PDF, the current version 3.16 User Manual seems to be only available in HTML format on the Canon site.  This format is useless since the EOS Utility connection to the camera disables the PC internet connection - making the HTML version unreachable.  

[Tronhard · Accepted solution]

Hi and welcome to the forum:
To best help you, please advise what camera model you are using.

[John_Q · Accepted solution]

JS4269,

I agree with Tronhard. Knowing the camera model would be helpful. I would also say that you can use the EOS Utility 3.13 manual. There really won't be much difference, if any, at all. That one is available as a PDF file.

[Tronhard]

You could try this website: Website feedback | Canon Global

However,  suspect Canon do not see this as a deficiency, as you put it.  It is a deliberate means to disseminate information as efficiently as possible.  Posting individual PDF files on various sites is going to be a lot more hassle that providing a single link to the one file that they can update.  The principle is much the same as software as a service, which has been established for about 25 years.

[shadowsports · Accepted solution]

@JS4269,

Maybe the "limitation" can be overcome this way.  Use a cable, test, configure, and learn to use the software and its features using the online manual.  

When satisfied, disconnect the cable and use Wi-Fi. 

Product feedback

Use the +Feedback link at the very bottom of the contact us page Contact Us | Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Then product

There you may leave feedback 

[SusuStellar]

I, too, find having only an online HTML manual toi be a significant limitation, particularly if you are out in the field and do not have access to a computer and/or the internet. A .pdf version of the manual can be viewed on almost any device, such as a smart phone, tablet, etc. I don't have the luxury of having access to the internet when I am out in the field, nor do I want to be obliged to use the internet. If Canon is going to limit their customers to using a user manual in HTML format, only, then they should at least make it available in a format that is usable offline.