Comments on: Six Reasons to love Flare http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2007/06/18/six-resons-to-love-flare/ Paul Pehrson's technical writing blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:30:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Douglas K. Beagley http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2007/06/18/six-resons-to-love-flare/#comment-56303 Douglas K. Beagley Tue, 06 May 2008 15:25:06 +0000 http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2007/06/18/six-resons-to-love-flare/#comment-56303 Hi, Your post is wonderful, and it points to many things I am looking for in a program. Right now, I write all of my documentation in vi, complete with DocBook tags, and then compile it into PDF and HTML outputs. But I don't have the kind of control I want over design and layout. We need to produce attractive PDF manuals, HTML versions of the same, help files, and training videos. So I've been investigating ATCS and MadCap's offerings. I would appreciate any resources or suggestions you have that might help me make the best decision. I am nervous about the MadCap suite for its youth and lack of broad acceptance, and nervous about ATCS for its impression of bloatware and questionable standards support. I do like its DITA push, however. Anyway... keep writing awesome posts! Hi,
Your post is wonderful, and it points to many things I am looking for in a program. Right now, I write all of my documentation in vi, complete with DocBook tags, and then compile it into PDF and HTML outputs. But I don’t have the kind of control I want over design and layout.

We need to produce attractive PDF manuals, HTML versions of the same, help files, and training videos. So I’ve been investigating ATCS and MadCap’s offerings. I would appreciate any resources or suggestions you have that might help me make the best decision. I am nervous about the MadCap suite for its youth and lack of broad acceptance, and nervous about ATCS for its impression of bloatware and questionable standards support. I do like its DITA push, however.

Anyway… keep writing awesome posts!

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]]> By: Judy http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2007/06/18/six-resons-to-love-flare/#comment-41677 Judy Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:46:53 +0000 http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2007/06/18/six-resons-to-love-flare/#comment-41677 Question about Flare... Is there a way to add a generic "previous topic" and "next topic" hyperlink to a master page? (Previously, we ran our FM docs thru Webworks, which added a previous and next buton to the top and bottom of each page. These were, of course, connected to the previous and next topics.) Question about Flare…
Is there a way to add a generic “previous topic” and “next topic” hyperlink to a master page?

(Previously, we ran our FM docs thru Webworks, which added a previous and next buton to the top and bottom of each page. These were, of course, connected to the previous and next topics.)

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