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Subject:Re: Single Sourcing From:Bob Gembey <bob -at- SUPERNOVA -dot- NL> Date:Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:52:51 +0200
I, too, am very interested in a single-source solution. But I have trouble
conceiving of basing my hard-copy documentation on the source for the
on-line help. On-line help usually tends, IMO, to contain less detail than
the written manual, and use a hierarchical, rather than linear structure.
I would be interested in hearing how you handled the differences in
organization and level of detail.
Xiang Li wrote:
<<I would like to
continue to talk about it because I recently have gone through the process
of single sourcing. I produced a software manual from the online help for
the same software using Robohelp. >>
