Okay, so I've decided that I want to write some technical documentation for one of our software packages here at work. I would like to be able to deliver a help system for windows (chm probably - some of our user base uses 2k pro) as well as a nicely styled paper/pdf manual from the same source. It seems crazy to have to manage two version of the same source...
I have been dong some research into what I should use to author this help system/manual and have a few queries: I know and love LaTeX but don't feel that this will give me the control over the layout of the document. Fiddling with macro packages to make it look 'good' doesn't appeal. Adobe Framemaker seems to be the ideal/ultimate tool but there is no way I can afford a license... Should I try and tackle what seems like a steep learning curve and use XML DocBook...? This seems to offer what I need but it does seem to be a little less polished than LaTeX. Does anyone have any thoughts/ideas/recommendations? Hugh -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2009-07-07 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
