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Subject:Re: Startup Tips From:Andy Dugas <adugas -at- NAVIS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:00:25 -0800
Many a year ago when I first started writing professionally, I used Word 2.
When I upgraded to Word 6, suddenly there were these marvelous tips! Wow
you can FORMAT text using styles!
As someone who learns easily, these tips helped me a great deal, and
introduced features/functions I might not have otherwise researched on my
own,
So for beginning users, my experience says such tips are wonderful.
Andrew Dugas
Navis Corp.
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At 1:59 PM +0000 10/27/98, Newton Jill wrote:
> Is there any evidence about the effectiveness of Startup Tips? By
> Startup Tips, I mean something like the brief tip that appears
> automatically whenever you start Microsoft Word.
>
> Intuitively, I feel that this is a useful feature because it's a way of
> introducing more effective ways of working to users who think that they
> already know how to use a product and who would not, therefore, consult
> the manual or online help again. I've certainly learned useful things
> from Startup Tips myself. However, I would like to have some evidence
> besides my own experience before putting any effort into developing some
> Startup Tips.
>
> Regards,
> Jill Newton
