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Article #23339Re: Writing a Software Manual - Help Document
From: Bill Swallow
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 14:42
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 14:42
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Hi Iris. FrameMaker (FM) does not create online help on its own, but it is a very useful tool for structuring information. Once structured in FM, you can use a tool like WebWorks Publisher (WWP) Professional or Mif2Go (M2G) to product the online help. I suggest you join the Help Authoring Tools & Techniques (HATT) e-mail list <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hatt> and perhaps the WebWorks Publisher Users Group (WWP-Users) <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users> and read through some of the archived discussions about help authoring, specifically with regard to using FM as the content source. FM on its own can produce HTML and XML, and WWP Standard Edition (which ships with FM) can only produce the same plus I believe DHTML. To do any real Help authoring, you need to incorporate a true Help Authoring Tool (HAT) into your workflow. I hope this helps. - Bill
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