Re: Linux users' expectations of online help

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>]

Quoting Jean Hollis Weber <jean -at- jeanweber -dot- com>:

> 
> And yes, I do know about DocBook, which sounds rather formidable and not 
> very user-friendly for the help author.

Jean:

You may have noticed that version 1.1 of OpenOffice.org has an option to save 
as Simplified DocBook. For those who don't know, Simplified DocBook uses a 
limited set of DocBook tags, which makes it easier to use.

I haven't had an extensive look at the format in OOo's release candidate 4, 
except to see that it works on a simple document. However, you might want to 
experiment to see if working in OOo and saving to Simplified DocBook isn't a 
solution you can live with.

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