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I am sorry, but why are people so..... rude on this list? I have seen it
time and again recently and this is just one example.
Julie said that she was not sure if she was being clear and to let her know
if her question was confusing. The response below was not a nice way of
asking for clarity, it came across as being disrespectful. If you wanted
her to clarify the question, you should have just asked. If you posted just
for the sake of posting, please save the bandwidth.
Anyway, I know this is "off-topic", but I think it needed to be said so that
perhaps people can stop acting this way on this list. It was once enjoyable
to come home and read messages from everyone - lately it has become almost
irritating being of people's lack of respect for one another.
I am sorry, but why are people so..... rude on this list? I have seen it
time and again recently and this is just one example.
Julie said that she was not sure if she was being clear and to let her know
if her question was confusing. The response below was not a nice way of
asking for clarity, it came across as being disrespectful. If you wanted
her to clarify the question, you should have just asked. If you posted just
for the sake of posting, please save the bandwidth.
Anyway, I know this is "off-topic", but I think it needed to be said so that
perhaps people can stop acting this way on this list. It was once enjoyable
to come home and read messages from everyone - lately it has become almost
irritating being of people's lack of respect for one another.
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From: bounce-techwr-l-220941 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-220941 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com]On Behalf Of Bill
Swallow
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:43 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Linking to online help topic
No clue. I don't even know what kind of help you're making, so I can't
begin to answer...
On 9/22/05, Nelson, Julie <JOHNST -at- acehardware -dot- com> wrote:
>
> I'm assisting with a "Best Practices" web site for our retailers. The
> site will include links to online help topics (created in RoboHELP X5).
> Right now, when we're linking to the help topic, we're pointing the link
> to the specific help topic & have it coded to open in a new window.
> Someone suggested linking to the topic, but instead of the topic opening
> in a new window, they're wondering if it's possible to have the entire
> online help window open to the specific topic (Contents/Index/Search in
> the left frame & specific help topic in the right frame). Does anyone
> know if this is possible? I'm not sure how to handle the coding if it
> is possible. Let me know if this is confusing or if I'm not explaining
> myself correctly.
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