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Hi Debra,
I've been delinquent. For the list, I rec'd 5 - 6 replies
about the Intranet.
3 people used .PDF to make existing files accessible; the
remainder used various means to render the existing files into HTML. Of
the latter, people relied (apparently) on IS to take care of the hardware
(computers, servers,
Debra, I will cut & paste details to you from the files I've
saved. One person did observe that on-line documentation can be very
inconvenient if you don't do your work at a computer (which sounds obvious
until you realize that people do forget that not all work takes place at a
networked terminal on a desk!)
Mary
Mary Durlak Erie Documentation Inc.
East Aurora, New York (near Buffalo)
durl -at- buffnet -dot- net
On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, KAHN, DEBRA wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have also been charged with setting up a plan for placing new and legacy
> manuals on an intranet. New manuals are in Frame 5.1. Old manuals are in
> Ventura 4.2. We have a copy of Adobe Acrobat (Distiller) and are getting a
> copy of FrontPage. We run WindowsNT on Pentium PC connected to a network
> server. We will have a separate server for the Intranet. I'm new to the
> concept of Intranets. If anyone has specific suggestions or a list of
> resources to recommend, I would be extremely grateful. You could e-mail me
> and cc Mary (so that Mary could have the info. also for her summary).
>
> Thanks in advance (slight pun),
> Deb Kahn
> Senior Technical Writer
> Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
> debrak -at- ftc1 -dot- aei -dot- com
> ----------
> From: DURL
> Subject: question: intranet
> Date: Monday, January 12, 1998 12:45PM
> Priority: Low
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> If you've set up an intranet that provides on-line procedure
> manuals, or used an intranet to support your on-line procedure manuals,
> could you please let me know:
> * tools (authoring software)
> * insight on access issues
> * hardware concerns to watch out for
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> Please note that I'm making a distinction between software on-line
> help and on-line manuals for plant processes. (I'm interestsed in the
> latter.)
> I'll summarize and post any responses.
> Thanks,
> Mary
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> Mary Durlak Erie Documentation Inc.
> East Aurora, New York (near Buffalo)
> durl -at- buffnet -dot- net
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