E-Publishing > Methods & Tools

It is perfectly possible to simply publish a document (on floppy diskette, CD-ROM, or on-line) in your own standard documentation format (for example as a Microsoft Word or FrameMaker file). However, it is more common to use one of a number of standard e-publishing technologies which exist, such as:

	Adobe® PDF
	Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) is virtually the standard format for electronic document distribution.  PDF files are compact and preserve all of the attributes of the original source document - including interactivity, format and colours - regardless of the application used to create the document, or the platform on which a reader views the document. Using the appropriate drivers and the Adobe Acrobat® software, PDF files are simple to produce and configure, and can be viewed by anyone with the free-issue Adobe Acrobat Reader™ software. Ipsitech has considerable experience in the production and use of PDF files.  For more information on PDF and its associated software tools, click on the Adobe logo at right. Alternatively, click on the 'get Acrobat Reader' logo to download the latest version of Acrobat Reader.
	Other Methods
	There are many other information/e-publishing technologies in use.  These include the various instances of SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language), such as XML (Extensible Markup Language) and HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). Adobe FrameMaker® provides for automatic production of HTML or XML files directly from a source document: click on the Adobe logo at right for more information. Corel Ventura™ also offers automatic production of HTML files or, using the Corel Barista™ software, of converting documents into the Java language. For more information, click on the Corel logo at right.

Whilst Adobe PDF is the most commonly used method, one of the other methods may be more suitable for your purposes.  If you have any queries as to the best method to use, please don't hesitate to contact us: use the Contact button at left or the link below.