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Subject:RE: Looking for re-packaging publishing app From:Paul Hanson <PHanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 9 May 2006 10:40:55 -0500
I think we're on the same page, just saying things differently. I equate
"customizing toolbars" with "annotating help files" where the user is making
modifications to the output, not the source files. I have no problem with
customizing the output and so I agree with what you say below.
It's when people muck around with the source code that I say, "Hold the
phone!" <grin>
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they want to customize the end result. The challenge here is to figure out
how to give them something approximating what they're asking for without
compromising the base documents
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