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>I am looking for an editor generating both online (search engine, TOC,
>index, glossary) and printed documentation (pdf format). There seems to be
>two majors competitors on the market (at least on the French market): Epic
>suite (Arbortext), and FrameMaker + Webworks + Adobe Acrobat. Has any of
>you ever had the opportunity to compare these tools?
I currently use the FrameMaker + Webworks + Adobe Acrobat combination to create
documentation in pdf and JavaHelp. Recently, at the XML conference, I had a
lengthy session with Arbortext where they actually took one of our documents and
showed us how to manipulate it in their Epic editor.
>From the information I received, it seems that you'll need Webworks (or some
other help generator) whether you have FrameMaker + Adobe Acrobat OR Epic suite.
The primary comparison for us comes in the re-usability potential. We currently
use Canterbury to re-use text. Since this product is no longer sold or
supported, we are looking at moving to Epic Suite for its re-usability. If
re-usability wasn't an issue, we'd probably stick with the FrameMaker + Adobe
Acrobat (+Webworks) system.
Hope this helps!
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Kim McCarter
Information Design & Development
Harris Corporation, Network Support Division
(321) 724-3497
kmccarte -at- harris -dot- com
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