Re: If Bill Gates is such a great philanthropist . . .
The problem in part is that as
Microsoft no longer publishes a reference manual for Word in the fashion of
the Framemaker reference, and as there are few books on Word that describe
how to use it professionally for substantial documents, the intended way
isn't actually properly documented anywhere any more. I've toyed with the
idea of writing a book on Word for professionals going step by step through
all the key elements of building large stable documents, but quite frankly
it would take a lot of time for not very much money.
To say that I would buy such a book is a considerable understatement;
I bet I could move 100 copies of it among my professional contacts
alone, and I think that on TECHWR-L alone you would find no shortage
of eager "test pilots" for QA
But there would need to be *two* books:
-- A bigger book for the writer, editor, information designer or
otherwise-titled Word wonk who would set up the templates, write the
VBA to customize the software, etc., and
-- A small pocket-sized reference booklet for the users on how to use
the customized system, and how to keep from (messing) it up. Some
nice online training could accompany this.
Actually, come to think of it, almost all the revenue opportunity is
in the user training.
Hmm.
- bc
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Barry Campbell -- <barry -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com> -- <barry -at- campbell-online -dot- com>
Blog: http://campbell-online.com
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