RE: Creating Tutorials

["David Demyan" <dbdemyan -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net>]

Steve said...
One of my first assignments at my new job is to create an online tutorial
for a "Try and Buy" version of the software.  They want the tutorial to
remain "always on top" and guide the user through several sample scenarios
(the software will have most of its functionality turned on).  I've created
Flash product demos and online Help systems in the past but nothing like
this.  What are the usual authoring tools for this?  Time and money may be a
factor, but I don't know enough yet to evaluate that.

I was thinking that perhaps some sort of Wizard might serve the purpose--I
have an evaluation version of a wizard creator from Coyote Software but I
haven't been able to try it yet.  Or is there anyway to use online Help for
the job?

Steve, I tried DemoShield 6.7 recently for a client that I thought
was going to purchase a tutorial, but backed out. Since I only
needed the product for that one tutorial, I sent the $700 software
back on the 30 day return, no questions asked. It did a good job
of doing what you are attempting.

Dave Demyan
Mendem Concord, Inc.
http://www.mendem.com.


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