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chasity mcwilliams <chas -at- fcs -dot- uga -dot- edu> wrote:
> I am a newbie to this field. I can't afford the
> prices for the software that I really need
> (framemaker, robohelp, etc). I was wondering if
> anyone knew of some shareware equivalents, and if
> so, what types of experiences have you had with
> shareware?
For RoboHelp, you can use Microsoft's free HTML Help Workshop. Get it
here:
Don't know of anything for FrameMaker. Best thing I can recommend
there would be to locate a used software store and see if you can pick
up an early version. In a local store (Half-Priced Books), version
2.0 (for the Mac, anyway) was selling for $29.00. I also saw a copy
of RoboHelp there for ... what was it ... less than $50.
