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Subject:Dreamweaver Take III (TOC and Index) From:Sybille Sterk <sybille -at- wowfabgroovy -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 03 Mar 2001 09:01:27 +0000
Dear All,
Thanks for all the input, it confirms my belief that Dreamweaver is
certainly a tool to look at. I've been struggling for years with Winhelp
and Word and I am ready for something new...
Many people mentioned the problem of creating a TOC and an index and
various tools were mentioned, however nobody seems to have had a look at
the free extensions. There are extensions which will allow you to create
both on the Macromedia web site. I've downloaded both, but haven't had a
chance to try them out yet, but I will certainly give them a go, before I
buy anything off the shelf.
I wasn't able to find out anything about how to create context-sensitive
help using Dreamweaver anywhere (yet), but I presume that you just have to
link to individual topics (.HTM) rather than to a topic in a help file. I
am sure there is a way, since RoboHelp (from what I read) uses or is able
to use Dreamweaver and that creates context-sensitive help. Also, if you
look at the Macromedia help files for all the various programs, they all
have context-sensitive help, too. Any hints would be helpful!
As to the helpweavers mailing list... it doesn't seem to be a very busy
mailing list? I've subscribed to it yesterday and haven't had one single
email...
Cheers,
Sybille
Sybille Sterk
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