Is Microsoft Word Suitable for Technical Documentation?

Calenco

The potential of structured authoring software

Your documents are reusable : Content can be segmented into modules and thus becomes easily reusable. Your content is created once and can be reused at will in other documents.
Updating your documents is automatic : Our Calenco solution allows you to keep all your documentation up to date in just a few clicks by updating the automated and instant content.
Page layout is automated : The layout is automated according to your graphic chart, with custom style sheets, so you can focus solely on the content of your documents.
Versioning is simple and ergonomic The history and comparison of different versions of a document is available in a simple and immediate way.
Creating a workflow is easy : The task of writing and validating a document is easily assignable to the various interlocutors of a validation chain.
Profiling and filtering the distribution of your documents : The content of your document can be filtered and intended for different poles or people in your company.
Easy and automatic translation Calenco facilitates the translation process of your documents by automating it in more than 20 languages, thanks to a connection with a translation platform.
Multi-format export : Your documents are easily exportable in a multitude of formats: PDF, Word, HTML ....in just a few clicks.

Copy and paste → risk errors and duplicates.
If information changes, it must be corrected everywhere. These tasks are time-consuming and cause frequent input errors.

Content exists only once in a single source.
Any updates to the source segment automatically affect all your documents related to this segment.

100% of the time is spent on content thanks to automatic layout. Your graphic chart is set upstream, layout is automated.
Structure based on the content of your document.

Information is dispersed in several sources or workplaces.
As the volume of documents increases, centralization is more difficult to maintain over the long term.

The traceability of versions is complicated to ensure.
Comments and corrections are often time-consuming and unethical between several employees.

Better collaboration (creation of ergonomic workflow, simple version management).
Everyone works on specific modules. The is collaborative work and simultaneous editing.

Word	Structured documentation
Focus on content and layout	Content focus
Copy-paste	Content reuse and automatic update
Formatting	Semantics
Centralization of complex information	Centralisation of simple information in a single interface
Work in silos	Collaborative and simultaneous work