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Subject:Re: What documentation tool? From:"Cyrus, Valerie (IPCG - NJ)" <CyrusVa -at- EXCHANGE -dot- ML -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 5 Feb 1999 10:58:15 -0500
We use Word and then import the document into Ventura. We use FrontPage and
an HTML text editor for Web documents. Currently, we do not do any online
help.
Valerie
Valerie Stout Cyrus
IWS Documentation
201-557-3008
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Subject: What documentation tool?
I'm submitting this question on behalf of a friend. She is working
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one of two tech writers at a Telecom company.
Quick Question: What is the main application your company (past,
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future) uses for documentation?
I'm trying to steer away from Word. We currently use Word and import
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find out what applications other technical writers were using. Can
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me know, and maybe pass this along to others?I
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