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Subject:Re: Single Sourcing From:MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- MAINSAVER -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 16 Apr 1999 12:08:20 -0700
Doc to Help has a nice downloadable test version on their website. I'm
beginning to wish I had gone that route instead of RoboHelp. (legacies, oh
boy) You might give it a try. It has a ncie tutorial to go with it, too.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ginger Moskowitz [SMTP:ginger -at- AATECH -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 12:01 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Single Sourcing
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> >Most important, like other tools, Doc-to-Help uses conditional "help
> >only" and "print only" markings, letting you create substantially
> >different documents, determined if it is going to print or going to
> >online.
>
> Does Doc To Help convert help files to Word documents (for single
> sourcing)?
>
> Can you mark graphics so that some will compile with help, but some won't.
> If I were to single source, I would need to include screen shots of dialog
> boxes in the manual only; not in the help file.
>
> My current help project (I use RoboHelp) consists of multiple .doc/.rtf
> files. I had to break them up because RoboHelp took forever and a day to
> save when it was one long document.
> Can I , or would I need to, keep this multiple document approach with
> Doc-To-Help?
>
> I am also curious to how WebWorks answers these questions, if you have any
> info.
>
> Thanks.
>
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