EDDs for Help Authoring

Help authoring tools such as WebWorks ePublisher Pro^® use paragraph styles to implement help-specific features such topic / mid-topic breaks, drop-downs, pop-up windows, and custom page styles.

The need to apply styles that both format a document for print and control the resulting help system means authors need to work with a large collection of styles that are visually indistinguishable in the printed version.

GolehTek, LLC specializes in developing structured workflows that format the text and control the help system independently.

Gain Control Over Help-Specific Features with Element Attributes

Structured FrameMaker^® documents use context-based formatting rules (rather than paragraph and character styles) to format the text. This allows us to utilize paragraph and character style names to control the help system, independent of the formatting applied to the text.

GolehTek, LLC can develop EDDs (or modify existing EDDs) that give you control over help-specific features using element attributes. Some of the help-specific features that we can control using element attributes include the following:

• Topic / Mid-Topic Breaks
• Pop-Up Windows
• Drop-Down Sections
• Table Cell Alignment
• Custom Page Styles
• Graphic Styles

Want the benefit of structured authoring without the complexity?

We have designed minimalist EDDs for single-source publishing that contain fewer than a dozen content elements, yet provide the full range of formatting options you expect.

Already working with DocBook or DITA?

We can customize your EDDs to give you control over your on-line help systems from within your existing DocBook or DITA workflow.

Contact Us

If you have a project or initiative that you'd like to discuss, send an email to the following address: info@golehtek.com

We look forward to hearing from you.