Re: Question about learning to develop online help

[Karen Kay <karen -at- WORDWRITE -dot- COM>]

Paula Puffer said:
> 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.

I found actually documenting a new product too extreme a challenge for
me as a first help project. There are a lot of product-related issues
that have nothing to do w/ help per se, but are still time and effort
consuming. Instead, I formatted my resume as help files. This was a
really good project--challenging, but doable. You can concentrate on
the "help" aspects of the project.

Karen
  karen -at- wordwrite -dot- com

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