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Re: Question about learning to develop online help
Subject:Re: Question about learning to develop online help From:Sue Carmine <scarmine -at- ESTEE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 26 Jun 1997 09:59:42 PDT
Paula,
Have you considered documenting a simple manual process that your company
performs every day? For example, how to add toner to the copy machine, or
the process you follow to handle a customer service call. Any simple
process can be documented and put into a help file.
You can also document the steps you need to take to open up your pool in
the summer. Anything like that could give you a head start on how to set
up help files, and how the end product will look.
Hope this helps.
Sue Carmine
scarmine -at- estee -dot- com
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>
> Okay, I found some Winhelp software that I could afford for my budget, and
> I want start learning how to do online help. Problem is that I don't have
a
> piece of software to document. I'm also one of those people who learn
> better if they have a practical reason to learn something. So any
> suggestions where I might find a place where I could hook up with a
> programmer so that I can document an actual application.
>
> Paula
>
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