RE: need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-16 Thread Gordon McLean
package but depending on your needs there are better ones out there. Gordon -Original Message- Subject: need help selecting doc tools Hello all: I am starting a new venture on Monday at a startup company that has never had a tech writer and needs me to write all the doc from scratch

need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-16 Thread Marcus Carr
It was written: > Something that you may want to look into is using DITA as your > underlying data model (if you're entertaining the idea of using > structured authoring). One of the biggest problems that people have in > using DITA is the migration of legacy content .. you don't have this >

need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-16 Thread Gordon McLean
aker + WWP is a good package but depending on your needs there are better ones out there. Gordon -Original Message- Subject: need help selecting doc tools Hello all: I am starting a new venture on Monday at a startup company that has never had a tech writer and needs me to write all the doc fr

Re: need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-15 Thread Marcus Carr
It was written: Something that you may want to look into is using DITA as your underlying data model (if you're entertaining the idea of using structured authoring). One of the biggest problems that people have in using DITA is the migration of legacy content .. you don't have this problem.

need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-14 Thread Aaron Bennett
Hello all: I am starting a new venture on Monday at a startup company that has never had a tech writer and needs me to write all the doc from scratch. I've been using FrameMaker 6.0 for several years now with WebWorks Professional 2003. My new boss (VP of Engineering) has asked me to put

Re: need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-14 Thread Art Campbell
Documentation is usually a two-phase effort -- authoring and then delivering. So you actually need two shopping lists, one for each stage. For authoring, FM is a safe environment that's open-ended for final deliverables. What I'd be more concerned about than delivery at this point is the graphic

Re: need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-14 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Aaron... FrameMaker and WebWorks are a very good combination, and would most likely do what's needed. However, you might want to get more clarification on how the source documentation may be integrated into the development environment as well as what types of output are expected and how

need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-14 Thread Aaron Bennett
Hello all: I am starting a new venture on Monday at a startup company that has never had a tech writer and needs me to write all the doc from scratch. I've been using FrameMaker 6.0 for several years now with WebWorks Professional 2003. My new boss (VP of Engineering) has asked me to put

need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-14 Thread Art Campbell
Documentation is usually a two-phase effort -- authoring and then delivering. So you actually need two shopping lists, one for each stage. For authoring, FM is a safe environment that's open-ended for final deliverables. What I'd be more concerned about than delivery at this point is the graphic

need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-14 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Aaron... FrameMaker and WebWorks are a very good combination, and would most likely do what's needed. However, you might want to get more clarification on how the source documentation may be integrated into the development environment as well as what types of output are expected and how