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I have a software installation manual that requires multiple versions. This
app server, that database, the other web server, a different operating
system - there are eight basic configurations, with small variations in
each. If mapped as a decision tree, you could see how many choices there
are.
Currently, Help is HTML Help with a book metaphor. I have three versions of
the install which have tremendous overlap.
Framemaker or an XML editor would be useful - to be able to create those
eight versions on the fly from the component parts - but I don't think I
could talk the boss into spending more than a few hundred dollars on new
software. I have RoboHelp.
I was thinking of taking that decision tree and turning it into a web of
short steps. This would be easier to maintain, but only easy to follow
online - impossible to print out. That's considered bad for an installation
manual - but it is a server, so the basic operating system is available - no
reason you can't have it up while you're installing.
How would you go about creating and maintaining this moving monstrosity?
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Rebecca Hopkins
iConverse
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