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Subject:Re: What are the pros and cons of the win From:Mitch Berg <mberg -at- IS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 6 Mar 1997 10:00:29 -0600
Chris Betterton wrote:
>
> Has anyone else used the Windows Help Authoring Template, WHAT6,
> available *free* from Microsoft? It's a template and a bunch of macros
> for Word 6 , and I really, really like it. Okay, I've never used RoboHelp
> (and there is no way my company would pay for it), but compared to the
> clumsy, buggy, slow application I used before it is a godsend. And yes, it
> lets you tinker around under the bonnet of Winhelp.
>
> Anyone else a fan?
I've demoed it. It's decent for GENERATING winhelp, as I recall.
It lacks a bit, I think, in project-management tools. If your projects
get really big, it could get really hairy...
...but WHAT isn't too bad. Worth a look, if you're on a budget.
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