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Subject:Re: Quick Reference Guide - format From:Sella Rush <SellaR -at- APPTECHSYS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 12 Nov 1997 14:40:16 -0800
Does anyone do online quick reference?
I have a query guide (how to write queries for our product), and I put
all the parameters into tables, separate from the how-to discussions.
This is supposed to help people who know how to write a query but can't
quite remember which operator does what.
When I made an online help version, I put the tables into a special
small help window. In the contents, I called it query quick reference.
It seems like it would be easy to make a special tool button or a
command in a help menu for quick reference. This way it never gets
lost. You can set the help window up for a certain position, and have
it stay on top.
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Sella Rush mailto:sellar -at- apptechsys -dot- com
Applied Technical Systems, Inc. (ATS)
Bremerton, Washington USA
Developers of the CCM Database