TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
A question and then some information (with a question).
Does anyone know how to get copies of the STC competition winners for
online help? The STC site doesn't give winner contact information and
there are no examples on the site.
Paint Shop Pro and Microsoft Money can be downloaded as a trial version
so you can check out the help system.
TurboTax and Quicken are both Intuit products and don't seem to have a
trial so that we could look at the help system. Anyone know how to look
at the help systems of these products without having to purchase the
software?
By the way, I had the pleasure of attending a day-long seminar (not
nearly enough time) on the future trends of online help run by Joe
Welinske (WinWriters). Seems that (at least the Microsoft trend)
involves heavy use of DHTML (obviously using HTMLHelp), with embedded
help (help that is part of the application) being created more and more.
Debbie
Debbie Pesach
Technical Publications Team Leader
debbie_pesach -at- attune-networks -dot- com
Tel: 972-4-9594333 Ext. 227
Fax: 972-4-9594332
Attune Networks Ltd.
P.O. Box 305
Yokneam Illit 20692
Israel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Skip Mendler [SMTP:wmendler -at- cornetltd -dot- com]
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 9:44 PM
> To: TECHWR-L; Debbie Pesach
> Subject: Re: Online Help "best breeds"
>
> Quicken was most frequently mentioned. Paint Shop Pro, TurboTax, and
> Microsoft products in general (especially Microsoft Money) were also
> mentioned.
>
> (Hmmm -- if there's any overriding theme to the reaction, it's that
> financial products have the best help systems. Interesting.)
>
>
