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Subject: Re: What color is my parachute?
From: Bill Burns <bburns -at- scriptorium -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 16:17:11 -0600

Hi, Michelle.

The primary project I'm working on is, well, something I have zero interest
in. Not so much because of the content, but because of the main tool
(ToolBook II Instructor) used to work on the project. Talking to other
tech writers, I found that none had even heard of ToolBook II, and even the
members of my team have commented on how much they hate using it because of
its obscurity and difficulty level. They want to move on to another tool,
but the company, apparently, has invested too much into it for that to
occur any time soon.

Don't fret. Toolbook II is obscure for tech writers because it's an instructional-design application. You create CBT with it. If you're using it for creating online help and the like, then you're using the wrong tool. That doesn't make it a bad tool--just one ill suited to the tasks you have to perform. And that doesn't mean your career as a tech writer is in shambles either.

So what is it exactly that you're doing with Toolbook II? If you're producing web-based or computer-based training, you might simply need better support resources (such as training, online forums, online tutorials, and so on).


Bill Burns, Director - Northwest Office, Scriptorium Publishing
The WebWorks Publisher Cookbook now available
http://www.scriptorium.com/books/wwpcookbook.html
bburns -at- scriptorium -dot- com - 208-484-4459



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