Re: Creating new "files" in Blaze

[quills -at- airmail -dot- net]

You know, considering that I'm an experienced tech writer, one who WILL 
use the documentation to learn a new tool, doesn't it seem as though 
there were several assumptions made by MadCap that "everyone 
understands" this? If it's hidden, if I couldn't find that piece of 
information clearly spelled out, if it didn't pop up in the search of 
the help files, perhaps it isn't well explained?

Sometimes, especially with the conversion of a user -base to a new 
paradigm, you have to take baby steps and explain the obtuse and assumed 
procedures to newcomers that are used to a different paradigm.

As in "To create a new file..." and explain the differences, and make it 
a searchable string in your help.

Scott

Geoff Hart wrote:
> Scott wondered: <<How do you create a new file in Blaze? When I looked 
> at it I couldn't create a new file. I had to import a file from some 
> other source.>>
>
> Depends what you mean by "file". If you're talking about the 
> collection of topics (a project) that will eventually be compiled into 
> one or more publications, you can do this right from the opening 
> screen, by specifying that you want to create a new project. If you're 
> talking about a topic within a project that's already open for 
> revision, open the Project menu and select "Add Topic".
>
> As I note in my review, Blaze is large and powerful, and therefore 
> complex -- but no more so than RoboX or any of the other big programs 
> we use. Part of the complexity is that they do things differently from 
> ways you might be more familiar with. Once you figure out where 
> everything's hidden, getting proficient with the software is a matter 
> of practicing until things become as reflexive as they already are 
> with familiar software.
>
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