Hello and Thank you to those of you who joined the new group. I'm the moderator and started this group so I (and others) would have a place to go to learn...
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phillips, angi
angi.phillips@...
Aug 31, 2000 3:00 pm
Hello too! I have been using ForeHTML (3.2.2) for just over a year now to create MS HTML Help files. I'm the lone Technical Author in the company, so I think...
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Teri Holloway
teri.holloway@...
Aug 31, 2000 4:00 pm
Hi Angie! Glad to know there's an expert on the list. You have to use DHTML to change your hover color? Does anyone know if there's another way to do this?...
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phillips, angi
angi.phillips@...
Aug 31, 2000 4:18 pm
<snip> You have to use DHTML to change your hover color? Does anyone know if there's another way to do this? I was thinking of editing the CSS??? </snip> I...
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Teri Holloway
teri.holloway@...
Aug 31, 2000 6:12 pm
... it ... Oh. I see how the DHTML works . . . can't see how to do it more easily. I guess that's not so bad. ... I was actually talking about using...
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phillips, angi
angi.phillips@...
Sep 1, 2000 10:43 am
Teri, I added the LINK tag in the Topic Properties, clicking the HEAD button on the HTML tab page. You type in the tag name and then click check boxes to set...
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Diane Josefovitz
dkj@...
Sep 1, 2000 7:23 pm
... the moderator and started this group so I (and others) would have a place to go to learn more about Forehelp. I do like the other lists, but was looking...
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Teri Holloway
teri.holloway@...
Sep 7, 2000 2:45 pm
If anyone has experience merging help files: I am working on a project which has several components - i.e. I am writing a help program for, say 10 different...
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phillips, angi
angi.phillips@...
Sep 7, 2000 3:55 pm
Hi Teri, Are you creating WinHelp or HTML Help? I create merged HTML Help files but haven't done WinHelp for a while (and not with ForeHelp). From what I...
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Teri Holloway
teri.holloway@...
Sep 7, 2000 6:10 pm
HTML Help. Another possibility is to have a sort of merged TOC that links to different chm's if this is possible / easier. Thanks Angi! ... From: phillips,...
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Rhonda Bracey
rhonda.bracey@...
Sep 10, 2000 12:05 pm
Thanks for setting up this group! I have used raw WinHelp, HTML Help, and HDK, and now ForeHelp. All have their pluses and minuses (in the case of the raw...
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phillips, angi
angi.phillips@...
Sep 11, 2000 9:29 am
I found Robert Chandler's information on merging chm files very useful when I was setting up mine - see: http://www.helpware.net/htmlhelp/how_to_merge.htm ...
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Teri Holloway
teri.holloway@...
Sep 11, 2000 3:57 pm
Thanks Angi. This is very helpful. Will let you know how it turns out. Teri Holloway Web Based Training Developer e-Publishing Corp. ...
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Teri Holloway
teri.holloway@...
Sep 11, 2000 3:57 pm
Welcome to the group Rhonda and thanks for the info on CSS Teri Holloway Web Based Training Developer e-Publishing Corp. teri.holloway@... ...
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Carolev@...
Sep 15, 2000 12:45 pm
I'm new on the list so I'll start with a little background. We maintain the help files for 6 customer service offices. We have 12 help projects(each for a...
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Teri
teri890@...
Sep 15, 2000 2:04 pm
Carole, What you're doing with Winhelp and Toolbook Instructor sounds really great. I'd definitely be more interested to learn more about that. The group is...
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phillips, angi
angi.phillips@...
Sep 18, 2000 9:01 am
Hi Carole, What does your boss like about HTML-style help? It sounds like you have a well-structured help already, so is there a particular feature that you ...
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Carole Vanderhoof
Carolev@...
Sep 18, 2000 12:55 pm
I think he likes the idea of something new... anyway, my users don't have browsers. So the HTML-style help would have to display on NT and Win 98 machines. I...
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phillips, angi
angi.phillips@...
Sep 18, 2000 1:20 pm
You need some sort of browser/HTML viewer to view any kind of HTML-style help. NT4 and Win98 should have at least IE4 installed by default. DHTML effects ...
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Teri
teri890@...
Sep 18, 2000 6:17 pm
We decided to go with the HTML - based help due to extensibility and compatibility issues - i.e. we want to position ourselves (client) for future XML...
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Carolev@...
Sep 18, 2000 7:46 pm
Angi, thanks alot for the articles. Neil has helped us here twice now as a consultant and we respect him... He points out very clearly my problem - the boss...
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Teri Hart
teri890@...
Sep 18, 2000 8:26 pm
That's what I use for HTML help. Teri ... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN...
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Mike Hiatt
mhiatt@...
Sep 18, 2000 10:06 pm
If all you have is ForeHelp 4, you are correct - no HTML help. If you have ForeHTML 4 or the premier product, you can do HTML help. Mike Hiatt Manager, Tech...
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Carole Vanderhoof
Carolev@...
Sep 19, 2000 6:01 pm
I'm running Forehelp 4 on Win 98 and others in our office on NT. Now I hear we are all going to Windows 2000. Are there any issues that others have found with...
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Tom Barclay
tbarclay@...
Sep 25, 2000 10:31 pm
Here's an easy one (Hope this doesn't cause a virtual train-wreck). Is it possible to get a simple project word count on ForeHelp?...
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Jonathan Cohen
jcohen@...
Sep 25, 2000 10:37 pm
Use the Project|Generate command to create an RTF file of the project, then do a word count in a word processing program. Jonathan Cohen Technical Writer ...
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Tom Barclay
tbarclay@...
Sep 26, 2000 6:04 am
... project, then ... Thanks, Jonathan. I'd done that using Word, however I get the feeling the result didn't generate as much confidence as one directly from ...
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Teri Holloway
teri890@...
Sep 28, 2000 12:58 pm
Sorry this is slightly OT, but I was hoping someone would have some advice . . . I'm designing a help system in ForeHelp for a client and every iteration of...
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Carole Vanderhoof
Carolev@...
Sep 28, 2000 5:01 pm
Teri, I've found it a help to put something into the design that sticks out like a sore thumb. Then on review the client can focus on that and how awful it is....
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Teri Holloway
teri890@...
Sep 28, 2000 7:12 pm
Carole - That has to be one of the best ideas I've ever heard. Besides, it makes me giggle inside instead of being mad! Thanks -- I'll let you know how it...
