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Re: Division of responsibility for creating online help
Subject:Re: Division of responsibility for creating online help From:Lydia Wong <lydiaw -at- FPOINT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:21:41 -0400
I'll bite because this one's easy: the writers create the online help file
(write it, edit it, make the graphics for it, etc.), the developers review
it, and we work together to get the context-sensitive help IDs worked out.
HTH,
Lydia : )
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Lydia Wong
Technical Writer
FarPoint Technologies, Inc.
www.fpoint.com
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