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From: [e-mail] (Roger Hadgraft, Civil staff, ext 4983)
Subject: Re: Testing MS Windows Help
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:19:48 GMT

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Kate Stout - Sun PC Network Engineering) writes:

>I'd like to get a sense of how people are testing OnLine Help systems
>in Windows. Are you using tools? If so what, and how good are they?
>
>As a side note, has anyone created a .dll or a macro for help that
>lets you print all the topics in one file with one command? If not,
>Microsoft... are you listening???? It would be great to go paper free.
>
I had a need to keep parallel paper and online documents, so I created a
Word for Windows macro which translates a document into a Help file (with
the help of the Help Compiler of course). It uses the "header" styles to
determine the hierarchical structure. I'm working on the implementation of
cross-references. Such a macro allows one to migrate a lot of printed
documentation into Windows Help with little initial effort. I am about to
distribute a beta version. It will be shareware ($20). Drop me a line if you'
re interested.

--
Roger Hadgraft, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, 3168.
phone: [phone]  fax: [phone] or 3409 intnl: +61 3 565 ....
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