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From Bill's original message, it doesn't sound as if he
has the flexibility to select a different help authoring tool;
his client wants him to author help in RoboHelp.
If Dick's theory is correct - and I think it is - the client has
specified that RoboHelp be used because its developers
already know the app well enough to be able to fire up the
completed project, make a few small changes and recompile
a new help file. If that is the case, it is likely that any
attempt to get the client to move to another tool will fail
unless it's a tool the developers already know how to use.
The change in authoring tool most likely needs to happen
on the manual creation side, not the help creation side.
Gene Kim-Eng
----- Original Message -----
From: "Goober Writer" <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: FrameMaker > Help > FrameMaker?
> Sure. Don't use RoboHelp. What you are looking for is
> a single-source solution for FrameMaker, and RoboHelp
> ain't it. Look into WebWorks Publisher or Mif2Go.
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