Tutorial software: results

[Gen Whitt <Gen -dot- Whitt -at- SDINC -dot- COM>]

A couple of weeks ago or so I posted a request for recommendations for a
tutorial software. We are designing an on-line tutorial and wanted more
user interactivity than WinHelp could offer.

I got a lot of very helpful responses and several requests to post the
results, which follow:

Program Name          Number of recommendations    URL

DemoShield            4                           demoshield.com
MacroMedia Director   4
AimTech?s Templar     1                           aimtech.com
Authorware            4
Asymetrix Toolbook II
Instructor            5                           asymetrix.com
AimTech?s IconAuthor  4                           aimtech.com
(not sure of the
product name)         1                           dpec.com
HyperAct?s
Interactive Help      1
WinHelp               3

I did spend an afternoon with DemoShield and it looks good but has quite a
learning curve. We finally decided that at this point, in view of the
limitations on the project, we would stick with WinHelp. However, I'm
hoping to use DemoShield for a future project.

Thanks to all of you that provided information, and I hope that these
results are useful to anyone.

Best,

Gen Whitt
Senior Technical Writer
Software Dynamics, Inc.
Chatsworth, CA

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