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Subject:RE: Help me find the right tool From:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:24:18 -0400
Selene,
My group has been using Dreamweaver to create our Help system for almost two
years. We wouldn't go back to HATs without a lot of kicking and screaming. I
think DW is a great tool for developing Help, but you need to make sure you
have set it up appropriately and are using the features in the most
efficient manner.
I strongly recommend that you try and attend one of Ben Weisner's seminars
(www.weisner.com) as he explains exactly how to set up and use DW to create
and maintain Help.
I don't really understand the issues surrounding updating text or graphics
... If you use DW's Library feature, you can create a library item once, and
copy it (via drag and drop) into any number of files. When you subsequently
update the contents of the Library item, it will update each instance in all
of the other files.
I'll be glad to try an answer other questions off line, and I'll be out of
the office after today until Wednesday the 9th.
Regards,
John
John Garison
Documentation Manager
IDe, Concord, MA
978-402-2907
jgarison -at- ide -dot- com
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Selene_Castilla -at- e-strategia -dot- com
>>[mailto:Selene_Castilla -at- e-strategia -dot- com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:00 PM
>>To: TECHWR-L
>>Subject: Help me find the right tool
>>
>>
>>
>>I work in a company that develops web based applications and
>>I'm the most
>>similar to a tech writer here. We develop the help for those
>>systems in
>>html (as in Macromedia Dreamweaver 4) because the applications are web
>>based, so I con't use WinHelp or HTML help formats. The
>>problem here is
>>that we do everything "by hand" and I don't have a tool that
>>can ease my
>>job, so you can imagine the hell it is having to change one concept or
>>updating an image. I'm looking for some advice in wich is the
>>best tool to
>>do this, if someone can give me a hint I'll be very thankful.
>>
>>:)
>>
>>selene castilla
>>media developer
>>
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