Re: InDesign CS2 file to Web topics?

[Brigitte Johnston <johnstonbrigitte -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I just wanted to say THANKS to everyone who responded on this topic. All of it was helpful, to be sure. This is going to be a longer road than the VP wants, but it's on the agenda for 2009. In the meantime, I have some breathing room, and alot of research/evaluating to do; if there is/was anyone in a similar situation, I'd love to hear which way you're going (or went) and why.

Thanks!
Brigitte Johnston


--- On Thu, 10/2/08, Brigitte Johnston <johnstonbrigitte -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Brigitte Johnston <johnstonbrigitte -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> Subject: InDesign CS2 file to Web topics?
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 4:06 PM
> Hello all -
> 
> My company has recently produced a new (paper) manual using
> InDesign CS2. The manual was put together by a graphic
> designer (with my help!) because it was a rush job, and I
> did not know the software (and didn't have it on my
> machine -- I've been using Word for the last 7 years!).
> So, as I'm sitting here teaching myself InDesign
> (I'm just getting started - today), I get a call from
> one of our VPs asking "What would it take to put
> portions of that manual into a format accessible via the
> Web?" He wants parts of this manual (topics) accessible
> and printable individually, but he does not want people to
> be able to just print the entire manual. We'd like to
> have something resembling help topics, not just pages of the
> PDF'd manual (although that may be the first version,
> just to get them out there).
> 
> Can someone point me in the right direction? Does this
> require additional software, or can these topics be
> generated from the InDesign files? (There are several files,
> one for each chapter, put together as one PDF.) If we can
> use InDesign, what's the function I'm looking for?
> The graphic designer is also looking into this, but I
> thought I would ask all of you as well. The more I can get
> my hands in this the better!
>  
> Many thanks in advance for any morsels of wisdom you can
> spare. Time is of the essence (as usual).
> 
> Brigitte Johnston


      
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