atw: An old topic: Current state of HATs

From: "Garry Stevens (ASI)" <StevensGa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:03:45 +1100
How do:
And now for a return to that grand old topic of choosing an online authoring 
tool. I've perused articles here from mid last year and checked out the 
recommended review sites. I thought I'd check up with y'all.

In short: environment is Windows 2000, Office 2000. We intend to single source 
in so far as that is practicable, using the one doc to make a user/reference 
manual and online help. One author. Help may be chm file or mounted on the 
intranet-- haven't decided yet. That partly depends on whether we can integrate 
the help with the (third-party) product, and whether we can tie topics into 
dialogs. It would be nice if we could decompile the existing help and meld it 
into the new stuff (we aren't sure what access the Aussie reseller has to the 
original help files).

I've used HDK (vsn 2000, recently) and Robohelp (some time ago). I always felt 
HDK was a bit too smart for its own good, had a particularly nasty interface, 
and a supercilious help system. I presume XDK is HDK's successor. ReWorx sounds 
suspiciously simple. I've no idea what the difference is between Robohelp 
Office and Robohelp for Word. One review site praised AuthorIT.

One issue concerns downloads. I notice that XDK requires a download, with an 
optional and additional CD. We have the NSW government's slowest internet 
connection (rather slower than a phone line), and I don't trust a download to 
complete successfully.

Yours suggestions welcomed,
Garry



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