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Subject:Re: How to do Online Help Book From:Scott Miller <smiller -at- CORP -dot- PORTAL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 7 Nov 1997 11:11:01 -0800
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>I need to know how to do online help. I can't afford to buy RoboHelp or
>WinHelp or take a $500 course. I'll be unemployed after next Friday.
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>So, what book would y'all recommend I get to help me get started? I
>can't find any books on RoboHelp at Amazon. I've got a lead on MS's
>WinHelp, but are there any others?
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>For beginners, a good book is Developing Online Help for Windows by Boggan,
>Scott, David Farkas, and Joe Welinske. . International Thompson Press, 1993
>(Windows 3.1 edition - ISBN 85032-219-8), 1996 (Windows 95 edition - ISBN
>185032-211-2).
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>For more book info, see the WorkWrite bibliography at
>http://www.workwrite.com/reshelp.htm.
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>For information on getting started with WinHelp, see
>http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6793/helpsurv.htm. That site has links to
>help authoring tools that don't cost $500.00
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>- Scott Miller
>smiller -at- portal -dot- com
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