Re: WRITING ONLINE HELP

["E. Gail Miedema" <egail -at- TELEPORT -dot- COM>]

There is a WinHelp list. Send an email to:

LISTSERV -at- ADMIN -dot- HUMBERC -dot- ON -dot- CA

Use the subscribe command:

SUBSCRIBE WINHLP-L <yourname>

I believe that is the correct form of the command.

Cheers!
--Gail

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Jonathan Leer wrote:

> Can you direct me to an email list or newsgroup that discusses writing
> online help?
>
> I need to prepare an estimate and then develop online help for a Windows NT
> system.
> Can you provide advice on:
> * best tool for development and future maintenance (customer will maintain)
> * requirements for estimating such a job (such as number of fields, etc.)
> * types (levels) of help that can be written (e.g., basic
> context-sensitive, search)
> * process of development and testing
>
> Other requirements? Such as can you develop the help files on a Windows 95
> box or must you develop on an NT box in order to run on NT?
>
> Also, I need to add to my vendor list, experienced online Help writers. If
> that's what you do, forward your resume for contract work.
>
> Jon Leer
>
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