Re: Need Help with a Help Feature

Subject: Re: Need Help with a Help Feature
From: "Pro TechWriter" <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Kim Babinski" <Babinski -at- bauercontrols -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:52:11 -0400

This sounds like a software application, rather than context sensitive help,
especially if you are talking about returning data that the test subject is
entering into the test in real time.

Is that what you meant?

Best,

--PT


On 7/19/07, Kim Babinski <Babinski -at- bauercontrols -dot- com> wrote:
>
>
> I have been asked to begin by developing context sensitive help that
> will detect and display the project-specific details of a test in
> progress. This would not be window- or field- level help, rather it
> would dynamically linked to test sequence and the data being collected
> and would differ for each installation. This seems like it would be
> more of a software feature than an online help feature.
>
> I have little to no experience in developing help systems and this
> request has thrown me a bit off course in my progress on this project.
> Has anyone ever seen or developed anything like this?
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions!
>
> Thanks--
> Kim Babinski
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True single source, conditional content, PDF export, modular help.
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