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Subject:Re: Question about IETM for military use From:"David Castro" <thejavaguy -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"angelia_s_98 -at- yahoo -dot- com" <angelia_s_98 -at- yahoo -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:08:37 -0400
I have spent the past couple of weeks making updates to an IETM using
Arbortext Editor. However, any XML editor should work for you,
including Structured FrameMaker.
As far as needing a program to read an IETM, our sailors use Internet
Explorer 6, which is capable of displaying the XML files, complete
with table of contents on the left side of the browser window. I'm not
sure if that will work in your situation, but it bears researching
what tools your users will use to consume your deliverables.
If you have any more questions, please let me know.
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-David Castro
thejavaguy -at- gmail -dot- com
On 4/17/07, angelia_s_98 -at- yahoo -dot- com <angelia_s_98 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> I'm a relatively new member of the list, so I apologize if this has been covered recently.
>
> I need information about platforms for creating Interactive electronic technical manuals (IETMs) that will meet military standards. I've inherited one that was started in MS Word, and it's gotten too large to stay in Word (over 800 pages in Volume I alone).
>
> Does anyone currently work with IETMs? What program/system do you use--an authoring program, FrameMaker, or what? What are the pitfalls/advantages of that program? Is it capable of importing the present Word document as a starting point? Does it produce a standalone product that doesn't require the user to own the program that produced it?
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