Re: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-24 Thread Steve Johnson
...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Johnson Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:25 AM To: generic...@yahoo.ca Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Stalwarts Subject: Re: Online help generator using FM8 You will hear about three commonly: WebWorks ePublisher RoboHelp Flare The advantage of using WebWorks

RE: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Ed
- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Johnson Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:25 AM To: generic...@yahoo.ca Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Stalwarts Subject: Re: Online help generator using FM8 You will hear about

RE: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Ed
[mailto:chinask...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:19 AM To: Ed Cc: generic...@yahoo.ca; framers@lists.frameusers.com; Stalwarts Subject: Re: Online help generator using FM8 OK, so when you update the Frame file outside of Flare, Flare automatically gets the changes or do you have

RE: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Writer
Ed, conceptually, do you have two sources of content in that scenario? Nadine --- On Fri, 4/23/10, Ed hamonwr...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Ed hamonwr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Online help generator using FM8 To: dr_go...@pobox.com Cc: generic...@yahoo.ca, framers@lists.frameusers.com

RE: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Ed
; 'Stalwarts' Subject: RE: Online help generator using FM8 Ed, conceptually, do you have two sources of content in that scenario? Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram

Re: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-23 Thread Steve Johnson
; Stalwarts Subject: Re: Online help generator using FM8 OK, so when you update the Frame file outside of Flare, Flare automatically gets the changes or do you have to import the Frame file again? -- Steve Johnson, dr_go...@pobox.com

Re: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread Jim Owens
Besides Webworks Publisher, other options include Mif2Go (which we use) -- fast, powerful, highly configurable, extensively documented, and reasonably priced, but better for those with some scripting or programming experience; and Adobe RoboHelp (included with FrameMaker in Adobe's Technical

RE: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread Mike Bradley
My current client uses Flare. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jim Owens Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 6:55 AM To: Stalwarts Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Online help generator

RE: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread David Spreadbury
Nithin, Probably the most popular tools being used with FrameMaker are: Flare RoboHelp Mif2Go Webworks David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stalwarts Sent:

Re: Online help generator using FM8

2010-04-22 Thread Steve Johnson
You will hear about three commonly: WebWorks ePublisher RoboHelp Flare The advantage of using WebWorks, IMHO, is that FrameMaker is your authoring environment. If your writers understand how to use FrameMaker and it works well for you WebWorks is probably your best choice. Flare and RoboHelp

Re: Online Help

2006-04-12 Thread Doug
Is that the version with the built-in GPS? (grin) --Doug On 4/12/06, vikram chugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I just started using WebWorks AutoMap2003 Platinium Edition. It really save you a lot of time because as the name suggests styles are automatically mapped. Try it I'm sure you

RE: online help

2006-04-11 Thread Gillian Flato
I use WebWorks Publisher Pro. Then I have to run my WebWorks file through Microsoft Help to compile it. WWp works with the Frame code, it single sources it, so no additional people needed, just an extra day to convert it to help. Gillian Flato -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: online help

2006-04-11 Thread Art Campbell
Look at MIF2Go, from omsys. In addition to supporting multiple help formats, it also provides a nice .rtf filter and other bells whistles. I've found it easier to work with and less buggy than webworks, but it isn't for everyone. Also... if you were just thinking of converting the files to an

Re: online help

2006-04-11 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Donna: The mechanics, as Gillian noted, once you develop a reliable process stream, don't add much effort to creating the output. However, if your requirements for content that's appropriate for help differ from content that's appropriate for your other delivery formats, you'll need to