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Subject:Re: Conditional text and help development From:Bill Burns <BillDB -at- ILE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:28:38 -0600
Susan writes:
Does anyone know of a help development tool that provides a
conditional
text feature like FrameMaker's?
You could use FrameMaker to create your source using its conditional
text feature, then use a decent rtf filter (like Omni System's
Mif-to-RTF filter) to generate your two (or more) rtfs and compile with
HCW. It's not as convenient as using a HAT, but you get the conditional
text option.
I've heard HDK has some pretty cool features. Anyone know if it supports
some kind of conditional text option?
Bill Burns
Technical Writer
ILE Communications Group
billdb -at- ile -dot- com
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