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You can manage a lot of that by using multiple books that share some
chapters, as well as using conditions and variables to help control
what content appears where.
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:55:53 -0700, Thomas -dot- Burke -at- bbc -dot- co -dot- uk
<Thomas -dot- Burke -at- bbc -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote:
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> I envisage one doc - the parent - that has everything in it,
> Then a - child - 'techie marketing' doc that will be the Chp Heading and
> Headings 1 & 2 (with the relevant text)
> Then a marketing doc - child - i.e. a product description with Chp and Hdg
> 1 (with accompanying text)
> Then a Sys Admin Guide - child - that will include whole of Chp 1,2 6 and
> 7.
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> There is a strong possibility that different languages may be used in
> future - however, it is currently envisaged that I will supply a
> 'complete' doc set to the translators.
Get a translating vendor who supports your tool, be it Word,
FrameMaker, or RoboHelp. If you use RoboHelp and produce print from
FrameMaker, then the RoboHelp files will have to be translated as will
the FrameMaker files. If you use FrameMaker plus WebWorks Publisher
2003, only the FrameMaker files will need translation and the amount
of translation you'll need to do is halved.
> I am planning on producing the help from Frame to Robohelp what are the
> issues I should be aware of?
Be aware that RoboHelp doesn't work well with FrameMaker source
content and that you'll have a lot of rework to do on the RoboHelp
side. You could just use RoboHelp and give up on FrameMaker, if print
is of secondary importance.
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