Re: sleepless nights over help (was Re: Request for change

Subject: Re: sleepless nights over help (was Re: Request for change
From: CARYN_RIZELL -at- HP-ROSEVILLE-OM2 -dot- OM -dot- HP -dot- COM
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:13:48 -0800

LaVonna:
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Yes, you should still be using Winhelp. Microsoft's announcment wo=
n't =

even take effect until next year. And they are going to continue =

supporting Winhelp for the foreseeable future.
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Plus, Microsoft really doesn't know which direction they are headin=
g =

with HTML and help yet.
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Caryn Rizell
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Subject: sleepless nights over help (was Re: Request for change)
Author: Non-HP-TECHWR-L (TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu) at HP-Roseville=
,mimegw3
Date: 2/9/96 7:22 AM


At 07:41 PM 2/8/96 EST, Fionnuala Broughan wrote: =

<snip>
> What keeps me awake at night?
<other problems deleted>
> Do we stay with add-ons to Word to create our online help or do we=
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> create help from scratch?
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Now we have a new problem to keep us awake: This news that Microsoft =

is dumping winhelp in favor of help based on HTML.
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If I start a new help project, should I even bother composing it in =

winhelp?
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LF
LaVonna F. Funkhouser, COREComm
lffunkhouser -at- halnet -dot- com (work)
You are invited to browse our web site: http://www.corecomm.com/corecomm=
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My opinions do not officially represent anyone other than me.


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