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RE: Can you recommend a search tool we could attach to our html d ocumentation?
Subject:RE: Can you recommend a search tool we could attach to our html d ocumentation? From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L (E-mail)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:02:43 -0500
Hmmm... According to their Web site, all of the DevaTools were released in
May 2001 and are compatible with Windows 95, IE 4, Dreamweaver 4. They list
their "upcoming" trades shows in 2001. Anyone know if their product still
works with Win XP, IE 6, Dreamweaver MX, etc.?
Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Hart
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:27 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Can you recommend a search tool we could attach to our html
> documentation?
>
> Elizabeth O'Shea wondered: <<We use Dreamweaver to produce the docs.
> Currently there is no way to search it for a word or phrase. This
> results in increased calls to our help desk because people
> who are new
> to the product don't know how to find options... They can't
> search the
> documentation... Can anyone recommend a good search tool that
> we could
> add to our html docs to enable customers to find the information for
> themselves?>>
>
> Have a look at DevaTools (www.devahelp.com). They seem to
> have a pretty
> comprehensive and powerful tool for creating searchable, indexed help.
>
> --Geoff Hart ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca