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Subject:Re: Single Sourcing using Word, RoboHelp, and PPT From:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:35:52 -0500
> Proposed Solution:
> - Write content in Word in the outline view and this document serves as
> your source file
> - From the source file, use the Send to PPT feature to generate
> presentation (once in PPT, apply template for appropriate styles and
> format)
> - From the source file, copy and paste all the content into a new file,
> save the new file as a .rtf , and import the .rtf into RoboHelp to
> generate online tutorial
It'll work if everyone involved is very disciplined, but highly manual
processes like this are often prone to error. Also, your approach is
technically called "repurposing" and not "single-sourcing", since you
are copy/pasting content into a separately-maintained document.
There's nothing wrong with that, but I thought I'd call attention to
the difference.
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