Re: STC Review of Help Tools

[Vicki Preston <vpreston -at- SQUIRRELSYSTEMS -dot- COM>]

Hi, Emily.

ForeHelp 3.0 was released a few weeks back. Because it was in Beta when the
reviewer wrote the article its features were obviously not addressed.

I was fortunate enough to see a preview of 3.0 at the WinWriters Conference
in February and all I can say is that it's too cool for words. If you want
to check out a demo version go to http://www.ff.com.

For you other folks out there who are researching HATs (help authoring
tools) you might want to check out the Winhlp-l archives at
http://www.documentation.com. The pros and cons of the different HATs is
discussed every so often on the list.

-vicki
(who has no affiliation with ForeFront)
______________________________________
Vicki Preston (vpreston -at- squirrelsystems -dot- com)
Senior Technical Writer
Squirrel Systems of Canada Ltd.
604-412-3300
http://www.squirrelsystems.com



On Wednesday, July 22, 1998 5:43 AM, Emily Leavitt
[SMTP:eleavitt -at- SHIVA -dot- COM] wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The STC did a comparison on 4 Help tools, Doc-To-Help, ForeHelp,
RoboHelp.,
> and HDK.  They ranked Doc-To-Help above RoboHelp in most categories.
>
> Does anyone have experience using Doc-To-Help for developing their help
> system?  I am researching Help tools to see if RoboHelp is still the way
to
> go.  Any input would be appreciated.
>
> Here is the URL for the article.
> http://stc.org/region2/phi/n&v/soft0598.html
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emily Leavitt
>
> Knowledge Transfer Tools Specialist
>
> Shiva Corporation
>
>
>