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I use pagemaker to create all of my userguides,too. Along with the items that
Maria pointed out, it helps to create an index, a table of contents, etc.
For most limitations that it has, you can usually work around them or come up
with your own "cheap trick" to get the program to do what you want.
Although, I can't help you on the hypertext problem, Maria.
BTW--this is my first post to the list. I have been a lurker for months and
have really enjoyed the discussion. Sometimes, I am intimidated by all the
knowledge that you all have. But I'm learning a lot. I have a minor in tech
writing from Penn State with a major in environmental science. I've worked for
four years in this department as the first tech writer they ever hired. It was
hard to get support at first because all the profs are engineers. But after a
few very successful desktop published projects and 3-4 user guides for water
quality software, I feel I have gained some level of respect and confidence.
This list has certainly helped in more ways than one.
Kelli Martin
Ag and Bio Engineering
Penn State University
kmartin -at- psupen -dot- psu -dot- edu
