RE: Print vs Online versions of same manual

["technicoid" <technicoid -at- cableone -dot- net>]

>I would like to tap into the collective brain and ask how others author
print and online 
>versions of the same manual. We author in Frame and use Webeworks to
produce the online 
>version. We obviously want to format the information differently for
the print version. We 
>can only think of using conditional text on one document or producing
two Frame documents. I 
>am itnerested in opinions/experiences.

We produce four separate deliverables using the same set of Frame files:
two user guides in PDF, and two WinHelp systems. We use conditions for
some information and separate files for other. Works like a charm. Much
of the conceptual info is stripped out of the online help, and both
documents are available on the user's hard drive.

Bill 
technicoid -at- cableone -dot- net



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