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Subject:Re: Getting started in WinHelp From:JIMCHEVAL -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Sat, 28 Jun 1997 03:53:40 -0400
In a message dated 97-06-28 02:01:11 EDT, techwrtr -at- CEI -dot- NET (Paula Puffer)
writes:
<< Somehow I think the creators of Robohelp probably already have tech
writers
Geoff. <grin> >>
Trusting soul, ain't cha?
Ever heard "the cobbler's children go without shoes?"
For all you know, Robohelp hired a bunch of people with technical writing
degrees and assumed they could write. Or worse yet, told the people who
programmed it "You know what this system is supposed to do - why don't YOU
write the documentation?"
<scowl>
Jim C.
Los Angeles
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