About us

Who are we?

CR/LF is a consulting company. We provide consultation on computer applications either directly face-to-face or indirectly by means of computer books and magazine articles.

Why do we exist?

Because computer are too complicated, still. We make computers easier to work with. To achieve this goal, we help selecting and integrating devices, programs and technologies. We set up computers and software to make them work the way YOU want them to. We create and implement custom enhancements and automatisms so that you don't have to spend time on superfluous things. The computer is supposed to work for you, not vice versa.

Since when are we doing this?

No, we're not one of those Internet startup companies. CR/LF Consulting, founded in 1986, exists almost as long as the Personal Computer itself. Most of our staff has experiences with computers even longer.

Where are our focal points?

Nobody knows everything. Therefore we concentrate on those topics we are good at:

Custom Applications - We make your standard software work the way you need it to. To do this we adjust common products like Word, AutoCAD, Access, or Excel according to your needs, creating the needed templates and macros, or programming complex automatisms if needed.
Data Exchange - We make data flow from one program to another, frictionless. This covers all segments of business computer use from office applications via the Internet to technical computing. We are considered international experts on questions of transfering computer generated construction models (DXF, AutoCAD data).
Technical Documentation - Because we are especially good at explaining things, we aid software companies, book and magazine publishers to create understandable manuals. Our list of customers includes well known software companies like Autodesk or ICEM Technologies, multi-national Publishers like SYBEX or Rossipaul, international organizations like ADGE, and German as well as American magazines like CADENCE or AutoCAD-Magazin.
Translation and Localization - We write manuals, books, and magazine articles in German as well as in English. This includes translation of English-language text to German and adjustment of programs and manuscripts to local standards and uses. Among the products we translated is software like CADLock or AutoSketch and a huge number of computer books.

Who is behind CR/LF?

President and founder of CR/LF Consultants is Dietmar Rudolph, mathematician, computer expert with more than thirty years of experience, author, and programmer.

What does CR/LF stand for?

CR/LF means "GO!" The key with the bent arrow is the most important key on your computer keyboard. Whenever you press it, you tell the computer to "DO SOMETHING!" In former times, when using typewriters, this key stood for Carriage Return/Line Feed, short CR/LF.

Where do you find us?

Besides our Internet presence we have an office in Essen, Germany. If you want to know more about us, just contact us.

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