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Subject:T-S: help pages From:Ronald Schwarz <schwarz -at- TADIRANTELE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:58:26 +0200
Debra,
please send me a copy of the replies.
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> From: Debra Pesach-Kibbutz Hannaton <hannaton -at- actcom -dot- co -dot- il>
> To: tech-shoret -at- ubique -dot- com; techwr-l -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu
> Subject:
> Date: éåí çîéùé 08 àå÷èåáø 1998 10:13
>
> Warning: The following is a newbie question and may
> contain content not appropriate for all readers. Proceed
> with caution. ;~)
>
> [Cross-posted to Tech-Whirl and Tech-Shoret]
>
> I have just acquired (thanks to the STC) a 30-day
> trial version of RoboHELP 6.0. I also have a 30-day
> trial version of RoboHTML (from their web site).
>
> I have previously only prepared a very simple help project
> for my TW studies (with only a handful of topics, several
> pop-ups and jumps, and one secondary window). I have a general
> and very basic understanding of the components of a help file and
> how the file is compiled. I have never worked with RoboHELP before.
>
> I want to learn (on my own--a course isn't possible for the
> next couple of months) and
>
> * I need suggestions as to how I can get up to speed on the
> skills of writing online help and using RoboHELP. References to
> web sites are welcome (I have also done this on my own and it would
> be helpful to compare what I have found with what you suggest).
>
> * I would also like to get ideas about projects that I could "make
> up" in order to plan the online help (since I assume that I can't create
> context sensitive help on my own without a product and an engineer for
> the proper coding- right?).
>
> * I would like to know if there is anyone out there kind enough
> (and crazy enough?) willing to critique such a project after I create
> it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Debbie
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