Re: Documentation Software

[John Hall <jhall@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> 
> John
> 
> At 02:57 PM 4/21/1998 -0400, you wrote:
> >We are looking for software to document our systems & procedures.  Not
> >necessarily our code but rather how things are done by our system
> >operators and users.  This is going to be a project for one person to
> >work on over the next year so we don't need anything too fancy.  Does
> >anybody have any suggestions ?  PC or AS400 Based - it doesn't matter.
> 
> If you're using ROBOT (Help Systems), you can put in a lot of info there,
> including extensive notes, and print a "run book" from the job listings.
> Might not be a reason to buy the product (although I know of one customer
> that did just that), but could be OK if already using the product.
> 
> Sounds like you need a tech writer. Ours uses MS Word, which can save to
> both native Word as well as HTML (in Office '97, I think).
> 
> HTH
> 
> Vernon Hamberg
> Systems Software Programmer
> Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
> 400 Second Avenue South
> Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
> (612) 371-1111 x480
Thanks Vernon.

Yes we are going to have a Tech Writer.  We are considering using MS
Word but EVERY time I use a M$ product to do a large job it seems to
crap out on something.  We are anticipating several volumes in the
300-500 range. and would like the table of contents, footnotes etc to
work.  What size documents are you able to produce and are you using the
table of contents function?

-- 
John L. Hall
Home Sales Co.
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