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Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 1:41 PM
To: Rene Stephenson; John Sgammato; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FM v. RoboHelp
Very true. However, I didn't mention that there are 4 writers on the
team who ARE using RH to create content
Why on earth would you want to go buy a filter wrench to change the oil
in your car when you have a perfectly good chain saw sitting in the
garage?
Purchase the right software for the job and don't let a deadline or
anything else pass you by because your tools slowed you down.
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I think you're right on, Lin.
You know the tools you need to produce your deliverables.
I don't tell my plumber what kind of wrench to use...
john
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From: John Sgammato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:30 AM
To: Lin Surasky; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FM v. RoboHelp
I think you're right on, Lin.
You know the tools you need to produce your deliverables.
I don't tell
Agreed, John. Let the expert decide the appropriate tool.
However, it may be helpful to provide a quick synopsis of the strengths and
weaknesses of each program, followed by audience analysis, customer
expectations, and deliverable requirements, and then by drawing the inevitable
conclusion.
John Sgammato wrote:
I think you're right on, Lin.
You know the tools you need to produce your deliverables.
I don't tell my plumber what kind of wrench to use...
john
Sounds more like a case of I don't tell my plumber which voltmeter to
use...
Does Mr./Ms. Quality understand why Help
You could really stir the pot by throwing ePublisher in the mix as a
single-sourcing solution. g There's an import utility available for
ePublisher that can take any RH project and convert it to MIF, retaining links
and mapping formats as you determine in the interface. Depending on the size
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FM v. RoboHelp
The last time I had to use RH to create printable output,
there was a substantial amount of clean-up work involved each
time between creating the Word version with all the
print-friendly stuff like continuation statements on pages,
etc
Hi Lin,
Your Quality person is way off mark. Sounds to me like you know what you
are talking about.
By the by, in the odd case where I've been required to submit HTML files
(for help systems), I've also used FM - Mif2Go with great results.
But, HTML is rare for me. The majority of my
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On Behalf Of Lin Surasky
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:22 PM
To: Gagne, Bernard (Bolton)
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FM v. RoboHelp
No, I had the same thought. Just didn't know who to ask, as I'm sure no
one will divulge such valuable information before its time
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