Publishing on the Internet is becoming increasingly common and offers the following advantages:
printing and distribution costs are eliminated
up to date information can be made available immediately
HTP can quickly convert your existing technical documentation to a format suitable for distribution via the web or CD-ROM. Some common formats include:
HTML Uses a set of markup symbols or codes that tell the web browser how to display the words and images. The pages on this web site use HTML.
PDF Adobe's solution for document distribution that guarantees that a document appears the same no matter what operating system it is viewed on. The Acrobat Reader is distributed free of charge. PDF can be produced from most word processing and DTP packages.
Microsoft Word If your documents are already in Microsoft Word, than you can easily distribute them on CD along with the Word Viewer application. This lets the user view files but not make changes.
Microsoft Reader Similar to Adobe's PDF format, but particularly suitable for documents that will be read on handheld or palmtop computers.