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Thank you. I'm on the same page as you. One team is using RoboHelp to
author, but another team uses MS Word. I like MS Word because there is no
learning curve involved and it has online editing features. I don't think
RoboHelp has that feature.
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From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:32 AM
To: Ben; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Online Help Editors
Ben wrote:
> I'll try this question again. For those of you who edit
> Online Help written by other authors, I'd like to ask this
> question. How do you mark up the Help and give it back to
> authors? Thanks for your insight!
Well, I don't do that, but if I did, I'd be working with the
_source_files_, not the help deliverables. What's the help being
authored in -- FM, Word, RoboHelp, Flare, Notepad, ...? I'd either do
your editing in the authoring application, or I'd create (or have the
authors create) an edit copy in the authoring application (by printing
or creating a PDF or exporting to...) and mark that up. I wouldn't try
to mark up the Help.
HTH!
Richard
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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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