Hello,
I am reaching out to this list because of all the seasoned writers on it who have used a variety of tools to survive - not just Framemaker alone - and I need this experience and input right now. I have a long ago client that I initially got set up and trained with Framemaker and Webworks, and it was a great solution for them. The client then went dark and went through a long acquisition period of other companies, and they have now come back for more work. The problem is that during this acquisition period, no standardization of their technical publications was carried out and each division, and even within a division, it's each man/woman for themselves, using their preferred tool. Yep, it's a nightmare and spread out all over the board like 52 card pickup. One of the tools that this particular division that reached out me uses is HelpSmith. I think I have heard of this tool like once before in a blue moon. Has anyone ever heard of this tool, have you used it, know about its learning curve, etc? The particular project that I will be working on is taking a monolithic and obtuse 1000+ page manual and breaking it up into 3 classic manuals that need to share information, x-reference material, and one manual in particular will be equation heavy, which is why I am really pushing hard to stay with Framemaker - HelpSmith does produce PDF, but it's a modular tool like Flare, RoboHelp 2020, etc., so therefore, it's not remotely ideal for classic manual production, especially with the graphics and equations that are needed, but. . . I might not have a choice. Any and all thoughts are appreciated. TVB Tammy Van Boening Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com www.spectrumwritingllc.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
