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Doc-to_Help from WexTech provides templates you can use for printed
multichapter (multifile) manuals. The Master documents in these
templates work much better than Word's built-in templates. If you must
work with Word, you could try using these templates (the software's
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(Even after using these templates Word shortcomings get in the way.)
FrameMaker is excellent at handling long multifile documents. Xrefs
across separate files/chapters are easy to create, and they don't
break. FrameMaker's not perfect - some features are hard to get your
hands on - but I'll take it any day over Word for large projects.
Ward Rosenberry
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Rosenberry Associates Inc. "The Information Design Company"
30 Newfield Street EMAIL: wardr -at- world -dot- std -dot- com
No. Chelmsford, MA, 01863 TEL and FAX: 978 251-7908
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