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Subject:Re: Windows Help File Design 101 From:"Dan S. Azlin" <dazlin -at- SHORE -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 17 Mar 1995 02:26:14 -0500
On Thu, 9 Mar 1995, Dan Dornbrook wrote:
> Anybody know any good sources for a structural design outline for on-line
> software documentation (specifically on-screen help files for Windows-based
> applications software)? I'm a technical writer for a small electronics
> company (cellular network test hardware and analysis software) that's
> switching its primary documentation from paper to on-line, starting with
> help files and later expanding to tutorials/CBT.
> Any suggestions welcome.
Get a copy of "The Developer's Guide to WINHELP.EXE" by Jim Mischel, ISBN
0-471-30326-7.
All mysteries shall be revealed...
Dan Azlin ** WORD ENGINEERS, Technical Writing & Publishing **
dazlin -at- shore -dot- net ph/fx 508-921-8908
