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Subject:Need advice about authoring tools From:Tracy Boyington <trlyboyi -at- GENESIS -dot- ODVTE -dot- STATE -dot- OK -dot- US> Date:Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:45:14 +0000
Hello gang
I'm posting this for a fellow TW who doesn't subscribe to the list
> Could someone please give me some advice about authoring tools for
> producing hard copy and online help from the same source? I bravely
> volunteered to tackle our company's online help in addition to the hard copy
> manual, and I want to use the same text for both.
> As far as I can tell, my choices are Doc-To-Help, RoboHelp, or using WinHelp
> and maintaining two separate docs (which I'd rather not do, seeing as how
> I'm kinda lazy).
> Does anyone have any bad or good comments about any of these choices?
> I'll keep an eye out for responses if you want to post to the list, or you
> can email me directly at the following address:
