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Q&A What are the tool choices for producing technical documentation in PDF and web site ready HTML?

My company currently maintains our technical documentation (User's Guide) in Google Docs. With each release I produce a PDF that we host on our website. Here are the features of Google Docs that w...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by tmcallaghan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar tmcallaghan‭ · 2019-12-08T03:19:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
My company currently maintains our technical documentation (User's Guide) in Google Docs. With each release I produce a PDF that we host on our website.

Here are the features of Google Docs that work well:

- Collaboration: Multiple simultaneous editors, comment/reply/resolve system
- Ease of use: Cloud based, built-in backups and revision history
- Features: WYSIWYG editing, Table of Contents

And the not so nice:

- Inability to produce an index
- Limited styling capabilities
- Limited HTML export capability

I'm tasked with finding a new "tool" that supports the following needs:

- It must produce HTML with the classic left-pane-navigation / right-pane-content model
- Functionally, it must support index creation (for both PDF and HTML), and more powerful styling

I'm open to ideas with respect to platform, though I'd love something cloud based.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-01-16T14:50:35Z (almost 11 years ago)
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