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Has anyone done this? If so, what software do you recommend for creating them?
I have an assignment at work to create help files for our new software. We laid off our documentation department last year, and since I'm not on-site at a customer location this week I have time to do some documentation. I've never created help files, though I have written user documentation before. Before I get very far, I'd like to make sure I am making good formating choices, which means I should look at how to create the end files.
Any recommendations?
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Why Kat? I'm downloading a trial version, but if you use it, I'd be interested to hear why you like it.
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What kind of help are you creating? I am assuming it is electronic help.
I like that you can create many different end kinds of help from one project, including written documentation. I like the extra features and tools, the stability, how it handles the basic functions, and, and this makes sense, they have incredible support and help for it. I use it to create the electronic help for all our projects, including the web applications.
I'd send you a link, but it's all internal use.
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Yeah, electronic help, like the type you press F1 and it pops up. Our last documentation manager loved PDF's, but from a user standpoint, PDFs are a pain when you're looking for something specific. So I'd like to stay away from PDF or HTML help files, and end up with Windows Help files.
Thanks for the recommendation.
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windows help files are basically html files (though in a compiled form, I think) iirc, but I understand what you mean .
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Thanks kat, Dagonee. I downloaded it and it's cool. The pricetag is a bit high, but if it's so easy to use that all of us in Implementation can do it, I figure it's worth it. 'Course, it's not my money...
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