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Subject:Help or User Manual First From:Without Papers <wop -at- SEACOAST -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 30 Apr 1997 07:53:48 -0400
Actually, they are really different beasts. I would not make one into the
other. They do contain similar information naturally, but the relationship
is nowhere as close as chicken and egg. I write paper doc first and then use
some of the text from it, but I think the entire concept of turning paper
doc into online help is just not viable. Online help is entirely different.
Nina
Joseph M. Chodat
Nina-Giovanna Esile
Without Papers
wop -at- seacoast -dot- com
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