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I'm in a new job and we've got Acrobat 4 - I've used 5 in the past, and seem to remember there are good reasons to update, but can't find anything in the techwrite archives. Would appreciate feedback - more stable, more features, is what I remember, but want to present my case well.
Also, since ForeHelp's gone (: and they want context-sensitive help later, it looks like I may have to buckle down and learn RoboHelp, but am now looking at Doc-to-Help as well, which apparently incorporated some of ForeHelp's features. One concern is that when I was job-hunting (for 4 months!!!!) several companies specifically wanted experience with RoboHelp, but others wanted experience with relatively new technologies/programs (ArborText? I think it's new-ish??) so maybe it balances out.
My thoughts are that doctohelp is a less steep learning curve and will do us fine, at half the cost...
Also, the techwhirl site used to have articles comparing the tools, but I wasn't able to find them just now. In fact, the articles are not linked very obviously at all, imnsho
Would appreciate feedback on these 3 or other main tools, or pointers to where up-to-date articles are that compare them.
thanks for tips
Cayenne
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