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Send framers mailing list submissions to framers@lists.frameusers.com Hi, Denise. I have used WebWorks ePublisher for several years. I create help down to the field level and compile everything as one CHM. Most of my FrameMaker styles map pretty well into WebWorks styles. Some setup is involved like tweaking indents for some paragraph styles and adding your company logo, etc. But once that is done, all you do is generate your help book in FrameMaker then generate the output from WebWorks. The downside is that WebWorks is a little pricey. But I haven't upgraded for a few years because I haven't needed to. There are several other HAT (Help Authoring Tools) out there but I found WebWorks very easy to use. Ed Lightle Sr. Technical Writer Command Alkon +1-614-799-0600 EXT. 5225 www.commandalkon.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:24:39 -0800 From: Denise Salles <denise.sal...@gmail.com> To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Best Adobe tool for creating context-based help? Message-ID: <aanlktikwdnar7ht33r1ujb0l_jk4t+quhlkgbwxxe...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation for the tool for crafting context-based online help. We've always used exported text from Frame; then used DreamWeaver to create separate .html topics, applied our company standard CSS, etc., but I am thinking there's got to be a better way, because it is clunky and the last product I worked on ended up with 98 separate .html files. I don't generally build online help (usually write User Guides, Getting Started stuff, etc.), and would very much appreciate any suggestions from any expert advice! What we're looking to do is have context-based help, which may also provide links to other topics, i.e., within the body of the help as well as "Additional Topics" at the bottom... Many thanks in advance! Sincerely, Denise Salles ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:11:50 -0500 From: Art Campbell <art.campb...@gmail.com> To: Denise Salles <denise.sal...@gmail.com> Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Best Adobe tool for creating context-based help? Message-ID: <aanlktinquyehjmxigzkeubscxggb490gs6trb=hbn...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I use MIF2Go to export from Frame; you can configure it to generate the context mappings as you wish. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campb...@gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Denise Salles <denise.sal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation for the tool for crafting > context-based online help. We've always used exported text from Frame; then > used DreamWeaver to create separate .html topics, applied our company > standard CSS, etc., but I am thinking there's got to be a better way, > because it is clunky and the last product I worked on ended up with 98 > separate .html files. > > I don't generally build online help (usually write User Guides, Getting > Started stuff, etc.), and would very much appreciate any suggestions from > any expert advice! > > What we're looking to do is have context-based help, which may also provide > links to other topics, i.e., within the body of the help as well as > "Additional Topics" at the bottom... > > Many thanks in advance! 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