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> > _Developing Online Help for Windows_
> > (Boggan, Farkas, and Welinske, SAMS Publishing, 1993, ISBN
> > 0-672-30230-6)
> I'm told this is now out of print (as are other useful titles like
> Norman's "The Design of Everyday Things"). A short life but a happy one...
> Steve
> School of Architecture, Portsmouth University, UK
> zulu -at- cix -dot- compulink -dot- co -dot- uk
Have you checked with WinWriters? Contact them - Joe Welinske may still have copies
of _Developing Online Help for Windows_ (version for Windows 3.1):
WinWriters
206/285-2605
CIS: 71640,3260
To Chou's list I would add:
_Designing and Writing Online Documentation, Second Ed._ by William Horton, Wiley, ISBN
0-471-30635-5 - A good book for learning the basics of help design.
_The Developer's Guide to Winhelp.exe_ by Jim Mischel, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-30325-9 - Has
the "techie" stuff, info on using macros, dll's, etc. Good for trouble-shooting and
trying out new features.
