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Subject:Wanted: Cross-platform help ideas From:Dave Taylor <dtaylor -at- MIL3 -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:06:36 -0400
I'm trying to determine how best to add context-sensitive help to a
software product that runs on UNIX and Windows NT platforms. Does anyone do
this, or know of a good approach?
Currently, we write documentation (12 manuals, about 5000 total pages) in
FrameMaker/Mac and distribute it in two forms: printed books and online
Acrobat files. We'd like to make the online version more accessable by
linking it more closely to the software, which would also reduce the
quantity of printed material.
Thanks. -- Dave
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David M. Taylor
Director of Technical Communication
MIL 3, Inc. -- Washington DC USA
Phone: (202) 364-4700 E-mail: dtaylor -at- mil3 -dot- com
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