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Posted by rod@drury.net.nz in TechBiz at 12:58 pm on Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Does anyone have any tips for authoring tools that allow you to create content blocks and publish them to word, a web site, pdf brochures etc?
An example would be help authoring, or writing a marketing web site and product collateral.
What’s the cool tool these days?

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http://www.author-it.com/
I have used Mindjet MindManager Pro for a couple of years. It’s a great Mindmapping tool which enables you to convert your thoughts into any of the standard MS Office products including HTML.
May not be what you’re after but worth a look.
http://www.mindjet.com
Neal
A friend of mine specialises in this, so if you want that - and a great tech writer to boot - yell out. He’s in Auckland tho, but has worked remotly before.
Rod
Author-it is a great tool for what you want. They are a great company to deal with as well.
Justin
Hi Rod,
I’d also recommend AuthorIt. It has a number of great features including a Localization package for the management of language translations (this is the area in which our company operates: http://www.bluesouth.co.nz).