Developing Online Help for Windows 95(tm) [Paperback]

David Farkes (Author), Joe Welinske (Author), Scott Boggan (Author)

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If you create Windows Help systems, you need this essential resource. Winner of the Most Valuable Help Book in the 1999 WinWriters Author's Choice Awards, Developing Online Help for Windows 95(tm) is recognized as the authoritative guide for Windows Help developers.

This comprehensive reference explains how to design and develop online Help systems for Windows. The book takes you through the process of building Help, from planning and prototyping through designing, writing, indexing, and implementation. Building on their extensive experience, the authors present practical design strategies and techniques for implementation that are based on clearly explained concepts and principles.

Developing Online Help for Windows 95(tm) provides step-by-step instructions for creating Windows Help files. You'll learn to design Help systems, including windowing, navigation, linking, and more; write clear procedure topics, What's This? topics, and other types of Help topics; develop useful, usable indexes; create wizards and coaches; control topic formatting; create jumps and pop-ups; incorporate graphics and multimedia; work with Help macros; compile, debug, and test Help files; implement context-sensitive Help; and manage Help projects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 613 pages
• Publisher: Solutions Publishing; 2 edition (March 15, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 0967064201
• ISBN-13: 978-0967064208
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,369,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joe Welinske is the president of WritersUA (formerly WinWriters), a company devoted to providing training and information for user assistance professionals. Joe has been involved with software documentation development since 1984. Part of his work is is producing high quality seminars and conferences for the user assistance community. Joe also takes on consulting engagements and short-term design and development contracts.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WinHelp - it's back from the dead, and doesn't require IE!, February 21, 2000

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This review is from: Developing Online Help for Windows 95(tm) (Paperback)

It is hilarious and telling that this book has been put back into print recently. That indicates how successful HTML Help has been as a standard (it's not cross-browser, not cross-platform, and not good for single-sourcing in a .chm and website, due to unresolved ActiveX objects). This book is the standard on WinHelp, which is officially back from the dead, and it's a fine book, covering principles of hypertext design, authoring tools, and the bells and whistles supported by the WinHelp viewer. The one patch needed for WinHelp, though, is Synchronize Table of Contents (and a persistent navigation window).

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful for my LOCALIZATION works., July 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Developing Online Help for Windows 95 (CD-ROM)

I have read to the half of this book. But I plan to read the rest. One day, my cowoker came to me with a book in his hand, "Hey! buddy, you should read this book if you want to work with .HLP." In the afternoon I went to a bookstore and took the book(It's not inexpensive). As a beginner, I have learned a lot of information about .HLP. I'm now looking for the upgrade edition of the book.

Thank you everybody. Be happy all of you.