Oracle Book FAQ
$Date: 04-Jun-1997 $
$Revision: 1.1 $
$Author: Frank Naudé $
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What is Oracle Book?
An end-user tool for creating and viewing online documents, such as manuals, catalogs,
documentation, and other materials. Arranges data in a form that can be manipulated, and
includes sound, image, and video capabilities. Also provides hypertext links so that users
can access more detailed information. Supports word or phrase searches and provides
electronic annotation through text, image, or sound. Can integrate with Oracle's
Cooperative Development Environment 2 and other programming environments to
provide context-sensitive, online help systems, or to call out from documents to related
programs. Platforms include Windows, Macintosh, OS/2, Motif, character-mode,
Windows NT, Unix, and VMS.
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Should I use Oracle Book or not?
NO!!! If you can avoid it, please do so.
There are much better ways to prepare on-line documentation. Even Oracle
distributes their documentation in HTML and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) formats
these days.
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