[Sigia-l] When Should a Manual be Web-based?

Thu Feb 27 20:25:42 EST 2003

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Jon Hanna
> 
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> > > From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> > > Behalf Of Jon Hanna
> > >
> > > > Since Word can generate HTML for a document, there is little
> > > > reason to publish in Word format.
> > >
> > > If you'd call that HTML...
> >
> > Yes, I do.
> >
> > What else do you call tags like <html></html>, <head></head>, and
> > <style></style>? Word-generated-therefore-non-HTML?
> 
> Well it could be HTML. But by that criteria so could
> "<head></html><head>".  You can't make up the rules of HTML as you
> go along and expect other people to understand what the hell you are
> doing.
> 
> What word produces "looks" like HTML, for about 2 seconds. 

Isn't that an exaggeration?

Like most non-trivial software packages, Word has bugs causing it to
sometimes misbehave. But that does not mean Word cannot generate web
pages without HTML error.

Boniface