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Subject:HTML HELP - Benefits? From:Jennifer Delmerico <Jennifer -dot- Delmerico -at- TSTNET -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:16:41 -0500
TechWhirlers,
I'm in a two person doc group, and we disagree about the need for HTML Help.
I'm all for converting our Winhelp and HTML to HTML Help, and my colleague
is against it.
I searched the archives, and I came up with one thread about the benefits of
implementing HTML Help. The thread was in February, so I thought that maybe
given the past 9 months, some others had made the decision to convert
existing Winhelp to HTML help. Have you converted, and why or why not?
What are the benefits you've discovered over WinHelp??
I searched all over the Web (including the WinHelp and RoboHELP lists)
looking for information one way or the other, but I came up pretty
empty-handed. Maybe I'm not using the right search terms, but there just
doesn't seem to be that much discussion about it. Is it already a given
that everyone will soon switch because Microsoft is "making" us, or have
people discovered the inadequacies of HTML Help, and they're holding out for
improvements?
Thanks for your help,
Jennifer
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Jennifer Delmerico, Sr. Tech Writer
Transaction Software Technologies, Inc.
770-446-3211
jennifer -dot- delmerico -at- tstnet -dot- com
