RE: [docbook-apps] anyone have a windows-based publishing infrastructure?

["Kenneth Johansson" <ke-joh at sectra dot se>]

You can use Acrobat for most of those tasks. Commenting, Cut'n paste,
Compare etc.

/Kenneth 

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Kenneth Johansson	Technical Documentation Manager
Sectra Imtec AB
Teknikringen 2		E-mail: ke-joh AT sectra DOT se
SE-583 30 Linköping	Phone:	+46 13 23 52 00
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Lawrence [mailto:scribe@matrixplus.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 17:03
> To: 'docbook apps list'
> 
> There are several reasons to produce a Word document that 
> won't "round-trip."
> 
> 1) Other departments can use pieces of the documentation for 
> their own purposes.  For example, the training group can 
> cut-and-paste sections of the documentation into training 
> materials.  (It is out of the question for those departments 
> to learn to use XML tools.)
> 
> 2) It provides a way that offsite developers can use Word's 
> commenting and revision capabilities.  This means that we can 
> email a draft (in Word), a developer can comment on it, and 
> then email it back.  
> 
> Until XML editing tools become as intuitive as Word (don't 
> hold your breath), most folks in office environments won't 
> embrace XML as a document solution.  Most managers won't 
> authorize the training or put up with the steep learning curve either.
> 
> Bill 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gisbert Amm [mailto:gia@webde-ag.de]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 9:03 AM
> > To: 'Bill Lawrence'; 'docbook apps list'
> > Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] anyone have a windows-based publishing 
> > infrastructure?
> > 
> > > The big drawback in the Windows world is that you'll get lots of
> folks
> > > in the company asking for output as Word documents 
> instead of PDF or 
> > > help.  I haven't tried it yet, but I'm told that the XMLMind FO 
> > > processor does a pretty good job of converting FO to RTF.  Most of
> the
> > > other RTF converters (such as JFOR) don't really to a good enough
> job.
> > 
> > The approach of Mark Pilgrim
> (http://www.diveintopython.org/about.html)
> > uses
> > the Python Win32 modules and Word itself as a COM object to produce
> real
> > Word documents. It worked for me (well, a simple test document) but
> I've
> > found it useless: There is no way back.
> > 
> > Why should I produce a document which can be changed when 
> there's no 
> > possibility to get the changes back into my DocBook sources?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Gisbert Amm
> > 
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