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| Does anyone know of an authoring tool that allows you to create technical
| documents that can be deployed over windows-based and unix-based systems?
| The documents in question are user manuals. I also need to
| create helpfiles
| that can be deployed over both operating systems...
Your options include:
- RoboHELP, which can generate a cross-platform format called WebHelp (see http://www.blue-sky.com)
- ForeHelp, which can generate a cross-platform format called InterHelp (see http://www.forefront.com)
- WebWorks Publisher, which, combined with FrameMaker, can generate a
cross-platform format called WebWorks Help (see http://www.quadralay.com)
- Adobe Acrobat, whose PDF files can be viewed on many platforms; of course,
many people would argue--and I would tend to agree--that PDF is not really a
help format (see http://www.adobe.com)
