General ⇒ LaTeX Template for Help Documentation

[dimitris74]

Hi there,

I have been using LaTeX for a while now for my part-time PhD however recently we started discussing at my work place using Latex for generating tutorials and help documentation for our applications. I was wondering if anyone has done this before or if anyone knows of LaTeX templates we could use to generate our help files. I have set up TeXclipse on my system at work and I am trying to create the initial structure and template for the help file, faq and tutorials. Any pointers or ideas would be much appreciated.


Thanks
Dimitris

[Frits]

Have a look at LaTeX package documentations over at CTAN. Personally, I find the structure of those manuals clear enough. I don't know how big your documents are going to be, but if they're not too long you could stick to something similar as the standard LaTeX package documentation. Otherwise, it's probably wise to create your own template that fits all your needs.

[dimitris74]

I am not that experienced with Latex templates so I guess the obvious question is if there are any freely available templates out there that we could use.

[Frits]

Templates are widely available on the web, just google for them. On my website you can also find a few: click here.
Also, some links to template websites can be found here.