RE: Modern vs Old-fashioned Help

Subject: RE: Modern vs Old-fashioned Help
From: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
To: "Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com" <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:39:01 -0400

Is there some major thing that you do, that predecessors omitted?

Or is it just a long, tedious slog of inserting millions of cross
references and index markers, and creating sub-ToCs everywhere?

- k

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com
>
> I've had so many bad experiences with horrible navigation in electronic
> documents that creating good navigation is now one of my absolute top
> priorities.
> I've taken over many existing projects that have required a complete
> makeover, and most of the time the only feedback I get is about how
> much
> easier the re-vamped product is to use. With all the changes that I
> might have made, it's the improved navigation that gets noticed the
> most.
>
> -Brian H.

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References:
Re: Modern vs Old-fashioned Help: From: Nancy Allison
Re: Modern vs Old-fashioned Help: From: Peter Neilson
RE: Modern vs Old-fashioned Help: From: Brian.Henderson

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