Comments on: Long Help Topics: A Help Author's Crime against Humanity http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/09/long-help-topics-a-help-authors-crime-against-humanity/ Technical Communication and Other Writing Topics, by Ben Minson Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:05:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Infinfope http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/09/long-help-topics-a-help-authors-crime-against-humanity/#comment-172 Infinfope Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:37:21 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=128#comment-172 Hi, Do you like making a journey? Last week I was in <a href="http://www.aachen-friedrich-wilhelm-platz.de" rel="nofollow">Aachen, Germany</a> It was so funny !! Do you know it? I a glad to see your answer. bye Infinfope Hi,

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]]> By: sammyno http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/09/long-help-topics-a-help-authors-crime-against-humanity/#comment-171 sammyno Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=128#comment-171 When: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Location: Will County Boxing Gym 557 N. Scott St., Joliet, IL Time: 5:30pm-7pm Discussion- "Making a Difference in Our Society" Honorary Speaker: Secretary of State Jesse White Special Guests and Speakers: Mayor of Bolingbrook, Roger C. Claar Will County Clerk, Nancy Schultz-Voots Mayor of Channahon, Joe Cook Joliet Public Schools Board Member, Antonio Pena SOS Children's Village, Mark R. Dahl Superintendent of Schools, Jennifer Bertino Will County Boxing Gym is committed to bettering the lives of Will County residents. Programs provided include mentoring, tutoring, anger management, computer resource labs and much more. Please join us to discuss ways of improving our society. To RSVP Contact Valerie Ayertey for more information 557 N Scott St, Joliet, IL 60432 (877) 806-4611 (630) 219-1076 ayingo@hotmail.com When: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Location: Will County Boxing Gym
557 N. Scott St., Joliet, IL
Time: 5:30pm-7pm

Discussion- “Making a Difference in Our Society”

Honorary Speaker: Secretary of State Jesse White

Special Guests and Speakers:
Mayor of Bolingbrook, Roger C. Claar
Will County Clerk, Nancy Schultz-Voots
Mayor of Channahon, Joe Cook
Joliet Public Schools Board Member, Antonio Pena
SOS Children’s Village, Mark R. Dahl
Superintendent of Schools, Jennifer Bertino

Will County Boxing Gym is committed to bettering the lives of Will County residents. Programs provided include mentoring, tutoring, anger management, computer resource labs and much more.

Please join us to discuss ways of improving our society.

To RSVP
Contact Valerie Ayertey for more information
557 N Scott St, Joliet, IL 60432
(877) 806-4611 (630) 219-1076
ayingo@hotmail.com

]]> By: Leaning Towards Longer Topics and Shorter TOCs | I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/09/long-help-topics-a-help-authors-crime-against-humanity/#comment-170 Leaning Towards Longer Topics and Shorter TOCs | I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:41:36 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=128#comment-170 [...] My colleague Ben Minson, however, raises an important objection to long topics. He says, In reality, people don’t want long topics. They want to think that procedures are short and simple. Long topics intimidate people and make them reluctant to consult the documentation in the future. (”Long Topics: A Help Author’s Crime Against Humanity“) [...] [...] My colleague Ben Minson, however, raises an important objection to long topics. He says, In reality, people don’t want long topics. They want to think that procedures are short and simple. Long topics intimidate people and make them reluctant to consult the documentation in the future. (”Long Topics: A Help Author’s Crime Against Humanity“) [...]

]]> By: Ben http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/09/long-help-topics-a-help-authors-crime-against-humanity/#comment-169 Ben Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:00:23 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=128#comment-169 I thought of the bloated TOC problem. With MS products, I never browse the TOC because I can rarely find what I want. (Maybe that means I need to rethink having the TOC as the default display in the left pane of my help systems...) I admit that I'm a member of the Google generation, and I use the search to locate what I want. I thought of the bloated TOC problem. With MS products, I never browse the TOC because I can rarely find what I want. (Maybe that means I need to rethink having the TOC as the default display in the left pane of my help systems…) I admit that I’m a member of the Google generation, and I use the search to locate what I want.

]]> By: Tom Johnson http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/09/long-help-topics-a-help-authors-crime-against-humanity/#comment-168 Tom Johnson Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:22:44 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=128#comment-168 I think Microsoft's help in Word and SharePoint (and probably others) has trended toward longer topics, with a quick jump menu at the top. It's nice to break up a topic into a lot of little subtopics (each separate files), but then you end up with a bloated table of contents that makes the app look a lot more sophisticated than it really is. I think Microsoft’s help in Word and SharePoint (and probably others) has trended toward longer topics, with a quick jump menu at the top.

It’s nice to break up a topic into a lot of little subtopics (each separate files), but then you end up with a bloated table of contents that makes the app look a lot more sophisticated than it really is.

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