http://tc.eserver.org/publisher/Helpstuff A listing of works published by Helpstuff in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Helpstuff http://tc.eserver.org/32042.html http://tc.eserver.org/32042.html Back in 1998, I defined topics as "'chunks' of information in a Help file that answer one question or provide focused, specific content." Ten years later, I typically use the same definition. However, there have been some changes in how those "chunks" are developed. http://tc.eserver.org/31973.html http://tc.eserver.org/31973.html Discusses in detail why you might want to consider a specific tool for help authoring. http://tc.eserver.org/31974.html http://tc.eserver.org/31974.html Several years ago, someone used the term WYSIOP (What You See Is One Possibility) when talking about the RoboHelp HTML editor, because what developers saw in the editor didn't usually match the results. I had what I thought was an absolutely brilliant leap of logic ;-) a couple of months ago when I realized that today's WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors are really WYSIOP, because the results are determined by whatever layout template is assigned at the time the results are viewed. http://tc.eserver.org/29918.html http://tc.eserver.org/29918.html A weblog for writers of documentation and users of Help Authoring Systems. http://tc.eserver.org/20034.html http://tc.eserver.org/20034.html HTML Help is the Windows Help standard for 32-bit operating systems (for example, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000). Your users must have Internet Explorer installed on their systems (or at least the necessary core components).