Re: Turning online help into training materials

Subject: Re: Turning online help into training materials
From: Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Donna Marino <domarino -at- earthlink -dot- net>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:47:47 -0400

It really depends on how the Help was written.

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Donna Marino <domarino -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
> My client wants me to create self-paced training materials for our customers using online help content that already exists. Has anyone done this?  If so, can you offer suggestions about the best way to proceed?

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