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Subject:RE: Creating one help system From:Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:06:30 -0500
Someone wrote (I lost track of who):
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> But if the particular isn't in the interface in the first
> place, you wouldn't wonder how it's working because you
> wouldn't know about it.....unless I'm just not getting the
> point you're trying to make, it is early Friday morning after all.....
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Ah, but if the user's question is whether the software can perform
a certain desired task, then there's no telling what paths the user
might follow to find out. Microsoft's Help files have taken me into
some very stange areas.
Jim Shaeffer (jims -at- spsi -dot- com)
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