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> >Does anyone know where I can get more info, like web sites, mailing 
> >lists, FAQs, offline books, etc., about converting DTP-formatted 
> >(Pagemaker, framemaker, Quark, etc.) data to HTML and then onto CDROM?
> >
> >I am running both Mac and Windows (as well as some x-windows), but am 
> >ready to do/get whatever it takes for me to do this job. On the other 
> >hand, I of course am looking for what's best for the money too.
> >
> >I have a lot of files in Pagemaker, Framemaker, Quark, and other 
> >formats, and seek to create two types of CDROMs with these documents. 
> >First, one primarily for document storage with search capabilities, 
> >and another one that is more interactive.  My questions are fairly 
> >basic - like:
> >
> >1) how to do it, i.e., convert DTP-format files to html (and other 
> >sgml languages for that matter) - Are there automated tools to do 
> >this?
> >
> >2) I don't really have a clue at the moment about the easiest methods 
> >of putting these files/documents onto a CDROM and then adding a 
> >reasonably efficient and easy-to-use search engine. Where can I find 
> >this info?
> >
> >3) Interactive CDROMs....  are there software tools and hardware that 
> >are better suited for this kind of task than others?
> >
> 
> I would like to know this too.
> 
> So far I have heard that Adobe Acrobat offers this sort of capability
> and that Ventura 7 is due in July with an SGML export option???

While you may think I should be an expert on this because of my email
address, I'm not, but I'll take a shot at it.

PageMaker 6.0 comes with an "addition" called "HTML Author.add."  I
believe it's in your PageMaker:RSRC:Plugins directory.  I can't vouch for
the abilities of this plugin, I just build the installation sets.  If
"HTML Author" isn't installed, re-install and just select the "Plugins"
group, you should find it there.

I'm unsure about FrameMaker and Quark's HTML generating capabilities.  I
believe FrameMaker focuses more on SGML exporting.

Acrobat provides the solution you seem to be looking for.  You can "print"
to .PDF(Acrobat) from PageMaker or you can use Acrobat Distiller to create
.PDF from any app that outputs PostScript.  "Acrobat Catalog" provides the
CDROM search engine you seem to be looking for.  Use Acrobat Catalog to
create an index to all the .PDFs on your CD.  Catalog comes with a version
of the Acrobat Reader that contains a search engine, and a license to
distribute the "search enabled" Reader on your CD.  You can create "URL
type" links within and across multiple .PDF files.

.PDF files can be viewed/printed on any platform that has a reader,
regardless of where they were created, Mac, Windows, DOS or Unix(many
different varieties).

Adobe probably has an 800 number for sales info, but I don't know what it
is.  Try 415-961-4400, ask for sales.  Have them send you an "Adobe
Acrobat CD Sampler" CD, it has samples and descriptions of all Acrobat
versions.  .PDF viewing will soon be part of your Netscape browser.  If
you just want a lesson on what .PDF is and how it relates to HTML, call
and have Adobe send you one of these CDs, they're free.  Good luck.

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These are my opinions, and not necessarily those of my employer.  alan.johnson@adobe.com