RE: What Is Folio?

["R2 Innovations" <R2innovations -at- myna -dot- com>]

Diane Williams wrote:
> > 
> > I have no idea what Folio is or does. Is it a PDF converter/reader
> > similar to Adobe Acrobat? Can someone tell me, briefly? Thanks!
> > 
> >
Folio is a software product that allows you to create, publish, and 
maintain large and complex information bases (they use the term 
infobase) of information.  The program offers sophisticated search 
capabilities, extensive security options (up to +150 levels), multiple 
writer authoring capabilities, and many advanced features not found 
in most online publishing packages.  It IS NOT, however, an online 
help authoring tool:  it is meant for online authoring of large 
volumes o f material.

One of the biggest users of this package is the legal profession.  
One company, I believe the name is Lexis/Nexus, has put all the 
legal cases decided in the United States into a massive infobase and 
makes the information available to lawyers on an as needed basis.  If 
you've ever been in a law library you know how many pages of material 
that represents!!

One of the other neat options available with Folio is the ability to 
publish  material on a CD and provide the user with a runtime viewer 
for the Folio files, eliminating the need for the user to have 
FolioViews installed on their machine.

More information is available from the company's web site at 
www.folio.com

Hope this information is helpful

Ralph E. Robinson
R2 Innovations, Specialists in ISO 9000 Documentation

Author of "Documenting ISO 9000:  Guidelines for Compliant
Documentation", an APEX '98 Award of Excellence publication.
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