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Re: Need Suggestions for a Basic (Free or Inexpensive) HTML Editor
Subject:Re: Need Suggestions for a Basic (Free or Inexpensive) HTML Editor From:Mike Starr <mikestarr-techwr-l -at- writestarr -dot- com> To:Roger Bell <RBell -at- vcgsoftware -dot- com> Date:Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:40:36 -0500
I've been using Kompozer (http://kompozer.net/). It's a free,
open-source HTML editor. You can use it as a WYSIWYG editor or edit the
raw HTML.
Mike
Roger Bell wrote:
> I am looking for a bare bones HTML editor (other than Notepad) that we
> might license and make available to our users. The goal is to allow our
> users, who likely do not know HTML code, to easily customize the text of
> HTML Help files. In a previous job, I used HTML Search and Replace, with
> which I performed quick editing on multiple files at once.
>
> We only want to support a single editor for users to customize the Help
> files. This way we may prevent them from opening the files in Word and
> adding proprietary code that does who knows what to the overall Help
> system. However, we want a WYSIWYG interface that does not expose or
> break the HTML code.
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas. I am on Digest, so no need to write me
> separately. We have plenty of time to decide.
>
> Thanks,
> Roger Bell
> Technical Writer
> 770-246-2300 x1181
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