Re: Paper Manual to Online Help - where to start?

[suzy -dot- davis -at- doi -dot- vic -dot- gov -dot- au]

Thank you to David, Mike O, Suzanne, Felice, Bill and Kevin for the advice

Firstly, sorry I forgot to mention that the manuals are currently in Word
XP, and there is budget to pay for software - I think he's just trying
prove that he's a frugal project manager.

I personally liked the PDF idea, but when I put it to my client he agreed
that it was a great one-off solution, but was outlined that he was hoping
for a solution that would easily be updateable by the users.

The staff here are not extensive Word users, and while they could open the
manuals and update or add a procedure, they probably wouldn't apply the
appropriate styles.  Will the updating be any simpler in RoboHelp or
DocToHelp?  After this update and conversion to online help, the
paper-based manuals will be discontinued.

thanks in advance
Suzy

Suzy Davis
Technical Writer/VBA Developer
Create Space Pty Ltd




                                                                                                                                                   
                      dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com                                                                                                        
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suzy -dot- davis -at- doi -dot- vic -dot- gov -dot- au wrote:
> My client is looking for a solution that won't cost as much (I think), or
> is preferably free...  I am looking for a simple solution
> which will require little rework.  The manuals are already in an easy to
> read procedural format, and the user's don't need context sensitive help,
> just an online reference to the book they have had on their desktop.  The
> other thing is that it has to be fairly easy to update.

snip from David ...
Based on that paragraph alone, I'd suggest you consider distributing PDFs
of the existing manuals.






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