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Subject:Re: How to make online help unhelpful From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 26 Sep 1994 13:44:53 -0700
Matt Hicks said:
> it says and . . . *beep*. Huh? I click in the Word application window
> again. *Beep* *Beep* Damn! You can't keep the Help window open and work
> in the application!? I read the procedure and *write it down* so that I
> won't forget what I'm doing and that's the end of my little foray into
> Word's Help feature. I don't think I'll be going back again.
This is quite common for on-line help. I'm assuming there must be a
technical reason why, because it sure doesn't make sense!