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Re: Indexing HTML Help (was: Stupid Query from Stupid Technical Writer)
Subject:Re: Indexing HTML Help (was: Stupid Query from Stupid Technical Writer) From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 Oct 2003 21:40:47 -0400
Thanks, Jean. I am checking it out.
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From: "Jean Hollis Weber" <jean -at- jeanweber -dot- com>
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Sent: October 03, 2003 08:23 PM
Subject: Indexing HTML Help (was: Stupid Query from Stupid Technical Writer)
> Bonnie Granat asked for hints or pointers to help about indexing an HTML
> Help (.chm) file, and says she has Microsoft HTML Help Workshop.
>
> Bonnie, in addition to HTML Help Workshop, you might consider an
> inexpensive (US$49) program called "FAR" which I understand has more (or at
> least easier) functionality regarding indexes, ToCs, etc for HTML Help than
> the Help Workshop has. I haven't used the program for indexing. I use it
> for complex find-and-replace actions over whole directories of files.
>
>http://www.helpware.net/FAR/
>
> I have no association with this product except as a very happy user of the
> find-and-replace functions. BTW, you can evaluate it for 8 weeks before you
> need to pay, so you can find out if it really will help you.
>
> Regards, Jean
> Jean Hollis Weber
> jean -at- jeanweber -dot- com
> The Technical Editors' Eyrie http://www.jeanweber.com/
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