Review Process for documents in HTML?

[Beierle, Cecily]

Some of the differences between the PDF and the HTML are:
Under the chapter, there's empty space, because the first heading starts on a
new page; in HTML, the mini-TOC will fill in that space. 

Some graphics imported into the FrameMaker are not completely visible (too
large to fit reasonable on the printed page; in HTML those graphics are shown
in full. The reviewer can't see the whole picture in the PDF.

As for generating output from the HTML: it's possible but time consuming,
unless there are tips/tricks available. Our documents are often several
pages.

One approach we've tried is to create the HTML project and include a link to
the HTML in the PDF review packet, so they can see the forest and the trees.

~Cecily
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:39 AM
To: Beierle, Cecily
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Review Process for documents in HTML?

Just to clarify something....

If all the content is in Frame, I'm not understanding how output from
Frame source to a PDF would differ from output to HTML. Which means, I
think, why can't your SMEs continue to review in Acrobat since it has
much stronger review and comment tools?

Or if there is a difference in output, why not generate PDFs from the
HTML pages?

Art

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On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Beierle, Cecily <cbeierle at tcfbank.com>
wrote:
> Our company uses FrameMaker to create documentation. Originally, we
generated
> PDFs of the FM files, which we used for SME reviews and published on our
> intranet. Now we generate HTML from the FM files, using WebWorks. As part
of
> the transition to HTML, we've changed our styles to be more web-friendly.
> Unfortunately, the files are much more difficult for SMEs to review in PDF
> format. Our question is what have others done to allow SMEs to efficiently
> review HTML documentation?
>
>
>
> <<Sorry for the cross-posting between Framers and TechWr-L>>
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> Thank you!
>
>
>
> Cecily Beierle
>
> Technical Writer
>
> IT Customer Care
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> TCF National Bank
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> Minneapolis, Minnesota
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