Creating an Interactive Online User Guide 
Want to create a colorful, interactive online version of your FrameMaker® documents? Not many steps are involved in making the conversion: start with template changes in the FrameMaker files; create a postscript file; convert it into a PDF (Portable Document Format) file using Adobe Distiller®; and add final touches to the PDF file in Adobe Exchange®.
Beren, Wendy G. STC Proceedings (1998). Presentations>Documentation>Online>Adobe FrameMaker
Creating Online Tutorials and Demos 
An online tutorial or demo is a powerful way to pique interest and get users started on a new software program. Join a workshop that covers the how-to’s of creating your first project. (1) Make a plan. (2) Analyze audience needs and technical issues. (3) Form a team. (4) Write the script. (5) Design the interface. (6) Build it. (7) Test it.
Beren, Wendy G. STC Proceedings (1996). Articles>Multimedia>Documentation>Online
Putting "Show Me" Demos to Work 
Follow the top five design tips--the five high C's--for creating a 'show me' demo that sings.
Beren, Wendy G. STC Proceedings (1999). Articles>Education>Tutorials
Tutorial-Gate: An Under-the-Covers Workshop on Online Tutorials 
Watergate, White Water- Gate, and now Tutorial-Gate—an exposure of techniques used for creating online tutorials for software systems. Learn to do the job right: (1) write a plan, (2) team up, (3) steal an interface design, (4) select a development tool, (5) keep the script simple, (6) build a prototype (7) add interactivity, (8) fix problems, (9) enjoy!
Beren, Wendy G. STC Proceedings (1995). Articles>Documentation>Online
WebWorks Publisher: Can It Convert You? 
Discusses Quadralay's WebWorks Publisher, a software package that allows single-sourcing from Adobe FrameMaker to online documents. For a more advanced discussion of WebWorks, see Robert R. Desprez's article 'WebWorks Publisher: Jumping into the Details,' also in the September/October 2001 issue of Intercom.
Beren, Wendy G. Intercom (2001). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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