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Are you creating/using WordBasic macros for WinHelp authoring?
Subject:Are you creating/using WordBasic macros for WinHelp authoring? From:Patrick O'Connell <patricko -at- EICON -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Mar 1994 14:50:00 -0500
(Posted to both of the TECHWR-L and WINHLP-L mailing lists)
Macros written in the powerful Word for Windows macro language, WordBasic,
can be incredibly useful in accomplishing repetitive, boring tasks related
to authoring Windows Help (one e.g.: generating an index of all the topics
in a project). I have created a number of such tools, and plan to create a
number of others if and when I ever have the time and energy.
I am looking for people who have done the same thing to brainstorm with, and
in the hope that perhaps we can put together some kind of compendium of
WB-macro Help tools. These would be distributed MAYBE free of charge, MAYBE
as shareware, MAYBE commercially; this would have to be discussed among the
contributors.
At least one respondent to Faith Weber's (I think it was hers) recent survey
of WinHelp authors on TECHWR-L was using nothing but his/her own homebrewed
tools and WinWord; I'd really like to hear from this person!
Anybody who wants to can reply to this posting by posting to either of the
TECHWR-L and WINHLP-L mailing lists (I read 'em both), mailing me directly
at the e-address given below, phoning or faxing me, or contacting me
telepathically, for that matter ;-)
