What about Microsoft Publisher?  That's what I use.> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:37:00 -0600> From: forrestc@imach.com> To: piclist@mit.edu> Subject: [EE] "Desktop Publishing" software for user manuals...> > I'm in the process of writing a system guide for some of my products. I > have quite quickly came to the conclusion that OpenOffice isn't the > right tool for the job (I knew that going in, but figured I'd give it a > shot anyways).> > I'm needing to produce a multipage manual with images, charts, and the > like, and I just don't have the page layout control I need in OO > write. On the other hand, OO impress gives me too much control.> > The Mikro-e manuals (such as the one at > http://www.mikroe.com/pdf/easypic4/easypic4_manual.pdf ) are similar to > what I am trying to accomplish. This is really a rather simple layout - > alternating headers/footers top and bottom, images, text flow around > images, etc. I'll need to be able to do chapter headings as well.> > I'm hoping!
  that some of the EE types on the list have had experience > with a reasonably useful program to do something like this without > resorting to a full copy of PageMaker or something similar (although if > pagemaker wasn't $500, I'd be thinking about it). I have tried Scribus > in the past and my impression was that it was a bit green still...> > Ideas?> > -forrest> -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive> View/change your membership options at> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
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