[FM Discuss] More editable FLOSS Manuals Export Options

[Ed Cable]

Adam,

That would be great. Look forward to seeing what you've got in the new year.

Cheers,

Ed

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Adam Hyde <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> Hey. I LOVE this question. I will make something tht I hope will fulfill
> your needs but after jan 1. Essentially I will use the existing tools aco
> has maxe to enable anyone to copy a manual to their 'my manuls' page so they
> can customise it as they see fit...sound ok? Adam
>
> Ed Cable <edcable at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I'm inquiring to learn more about options for exporting sections of a
> FLOSS
> >manual to a more editable format outside of PDF.
> >
> >Seeing an OpenOffice option in the new Booki interface along with Adam's
> >response to a separate question on our Mifos mailing list about the
> >availability of that functionality piqued my interest.
> >
> >My query:
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm also trying to test out the different options for export, etc. I
> >> was trying to do the open office export but only was able to export to
> >> pdf.
> >
> >Adam's response:
> >openoffice is disabled for now as it costs too much cpu. i will disable
> >that option in the interface
> >
> >
> >Our use case is that we have organizations that need to create more
> >customized versions of our general user manual that is unique to their
> >organization.  This requires the ability to edit within certain sections
> >(i.e. change screenshots, specify new scenarios, change terms to their
> >specific vocabulary, etc.)
> >
> >Is there an easy way to get export a manual to editable interface like
> Word
> >or OpenOffice.
> >
> >Right now, I take it the best option for an organization wanting to
> >"customize" a Mifos User Manual would be to "Remix" it in the following
> >manner.
> >
> >Select sections to remix, export to HTML and then 1) either edit the HTML
> >file directly or 2) open HTML file in word and edit subsequently in Word.
> >
> >Thanks in advance just seeing if there's an easier way to create and edit
> >unique instances of our user manual so an end user doesn't have to mess
> >around with HTMl, etc.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Ed Cable
> >Mifos Community Manager
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