Perhaps Acrobat would be a good solution. Acrobat's Distiller is able to
compress documents of all sorts down to a fraction of their original size,
yet retain all formatting and graphics.
You can even add hyperlinks, navigation buttons, and interactive forms in
Acrobat documents.
Acrobat documents can be quickly downloaded from a Web page and are fully
searchable. See Adobe's Web site:
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/main.html
Cordially,
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Mary McWilliams Johnson
McJohnson Communications
Documentation Specialist
Web Site Design, Development and Graphics
www.superconnect.com
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At 09:12 PM 8/21/98 -0700, Andreas Ramos wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>>>So... my question: suggestions for successful online documentation models?
>>>Do you know of companies that have excellent documentation systems that
>>>integrate their documentation, techsupport, and training? Have you built
>web
>>>sites with excellent documentation or help systems?
>>
>>I apologise in advance for shouting - but I feel very strongly about this.
>>
>>Yes I have a suggestion ....DON'T DO IT!!!!
>>
>>As far as I am concerned - there is no substitute for proper printed
>>product documentation.
>>
>>Putting the manuals on the CD is a MAJOR backward step - and as for
>>putting them on line - FORGET IT!
>
>
>The customers put the software on their laptops and use it on the road, in
>airplanes, etc. The current manual is 500+ pages; they don't carry that
>around with them.
>
>We really do need to turn much of the manual into an online, web-based
>solution.
>
>So the question still stands: suggestions for successful documentation
>strategies?
>
>Someone told me about IBM's online books: www.redbooks.ibm.com Quite good.
>
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>Andreas Ramos [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.andreas.com
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