With due respect for Jeremy, whom I esteem greatly, I think he may have overstated the case. You can get CHM output from oXygen with a few mouse clicks, and you can easily customize its appearance using CSS. There are also some ready-made parameter controls in oXygen, for example to create breadcrumbs (although I just tried that option and I don't see them in the output).
If you want to go further than that, you can either develop your XSLT skills -- which is a wise strategy, but one you should view as long-term -- or you can develop your Mif2Go/DITA2Go skills, which is a much easier challenge and one that gives you almost as much control of the output. (And if you're missing a control, Jeremy often adds one for you in an amazingly short time.) On 2012-11-29 23:57, Writer wrote: >>> Can't you output to CHM using oXygen? >> Sure, in the same sense that you can create >> a large Web site using only Notepad. ;-) > So...um...like...are you saying that I'm doin' it rong? > >> I'd say if someone has a looming deadline, >> that is **not** the time to start learning >> how to customize the OT... LOL! > I was just inquiring. I'm using oXygen to learn XML and XSLT stuff, but I've > not explored it's DITA capabilities to any great degree. I thought CHM output > was there, but didn't know if it was useful or not. The OP mentioned > restricting spending. I thought if he already had access to CHM output, why > not use that. > > Oh well. > > > >