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Emily asks "Is dumping Forehelp in favor of Robohelp a good idea?"
The answer, as usual, is "It depends."
What kind of online help do you need?
What platform(s) will you support?
What tools do you already use? (Word? FrameMaker?)
Do you want to single-source?
There are many good tools available. RoboHelp is only one of them. Some
others include the following:
WebWorks Publisher for FrameMaker
WebWorks Publisher for Word
AuthorIt
DocToHelp
Help and Manual
Help Magician
and many more
A good place to start is the help authoring tools matrix and other valuable
information at http://www.helpstuff.com/.
RoboHelp for FrameMaker is a NEW online publishing tool for FrameMaker that
lets you easily single-source content to online Help, intranet, and Web.
The interface is designed for FrameMaker users, so there is little or no
learning curve and no macro language required! Call 800-718-4407 for
competitive pricing or download a trial at: http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l4
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