They say there is no such thing as a dumb question

[Roberta Hennessey <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I hope this is not the first dumb question. Snide comments not taken
personally.

I am being asked to scope out a project - documenting an online help for a
GUI application. I have used
Webworks to create online help from an existing document (Frame or Word),
but I have never created help
for a GUI that is already in place. The GUI application is done in Java but
no one here uses the Doxygen method,
etc. and there are no plans to do so.

I think the documentation will be relatively simple - but I'm not sure what
type of tool would work best for this
group, and which one would be one they could upkeep. I imagine it will be
process of mapping the context
sensitive help to locations in the GUI.

Any books, blogs, websites, ideas from anyone on how to begin to scope this
effort? Any and all advice
appreciated.

Thank you.

Bobbi




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Roberta Hennessey
Technical Writer
(978) 835-4282
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