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I'm currently in the process of collecting information before deciding
whether to move from RoboHelp to another authoring tool, and wondered if
anyone was aware of a recent "hands-on"* comparitive review of the various
options. (I've followed the conversations here on techwr-l for several
years, but I'd be interested to see additional published resources. They'll
help me make my case a little more easily with my manager.) The only thing
I've been able to turn up with a bit of digging is an article entitled
"HTMLHelp roundup" (in last Feb.'s "Developers Review"), and it's on order
via our library, but until it arrives...
* As opposed to the traditional and evil "here's a list of the features, but
I'm not going to tell you how well they work" article.
I do have demo copies of each tool installed, and plan to spend some time
playing with them to get a more personal feel for the problems and
advantages of each, but my testing time is limited, and any resources that
can reduce my time requirements would be appreciated.
Thanks!
--Geoff Hart, FERIC, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
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