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Subject:Re: Online Help Systems = RoboHelp? From:jarnopol <jarnopol -at- INTERACCESS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:01:52 -0500
Deborah,
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>- Can I write the documentation as I normally do in Microsoft Word and
> then easily "run" it through RoboHelp to create a Help system, with
> minimal touch-ups?
not exactly. Robohelp sort of runs "on top" of Word, Word commands still
work, but RH gives you the advantage of its macros for creating topics, links,
etc.
> - Can I easily update the initial Help system using RH, or do I have to
> basically re-generate it from scratch, according to the Word document?
RH calls it compiling.
>- In other words, does RH provide a sort-of single-sourcing mechanism
>for doing all of the above chores?
yep it does. And you can use it to create Webhelp too.
