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Subject:RE: If you were making a FAQ... From:Debbie Hemstreet <D_Hemstreet -at- rambam -dot- health -dot- gov -dot- il> To:'Tony Chung' <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> Date:Sun, 2 Sep 2012 07:27:05 +0000
Thanks loads for the info. This helps a lot!
Debbie
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From: Tony Chung [mailto:tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca]
Sent: Sunday, 02 September, 2012 9:45 AM
To: Debbie Hemstreet
Cc: McLauchlan, Kevin; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: If you were making a FAQ...
On 2012-09-01, at 10:37 PM, Debbie Hemstreet <D_Hemstreet -at- rambam -dot- health -dot- gov -dot- il> wrote:
> People don't like to click and look.
>
> I'd have it in the Help, or possibly if you have a SW app, an additional option in the Help menu.
>
> I'd use drop-down text, and have everything on one page, perhaps categorized so the reader can quickly locate the problem area and then look at the items for that topic area.
>
> Drop-down text lets you have everything in an organized manner on a page, but it is navigateable.
>
> Deborah
>
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