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Re: Replacing FrameMaker with OpenOffice.org

Subject: Re: Replacing FrameMaker with OpenOffice.org
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 08:10:45 +0000


M Giffin wrote:

Bruce,

Thanks for an interesting article.

How is OpenOffice.org's PDF output? Is there some kind of capability to output browser-based online help, a la WebWorks Publisher?


Hi, Mark:

In the current version, PDF output exists, but does not include bookmarks or links. The developer versions for 2.0 already have these features.

In the meantime, you can add a macro called PDFExtender that gives this functionality - and gives better PDF output than the built-in feature. However, it does require the installation of ghostscript, which is a bit of a pain for Windows users (on Linux, it's usually installed by default).

There is no browser-based online help as such. However, you can output to almost any markup language, and write your own filter if you can't find one on the Internet that you want.

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