atw: Re: Following the ASTC(NSW) members and friends meeting ....

As this seems to be a Microsoft driven change, do we have any idea what
design changes 'Microsoft's new Help solution' will entail?  Does it
have a name so that we can look it up on Microsoft's web site?

Christine

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> meeting ....=20
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> Tony Self, who presented to the ASTC members meeting last=20
> Wednesday night, has just returned from the US equivalent to=20
> our AODC. What he foreshadowed in the world of Help made us=20
> all nervous, excited but very nervous, about the implications=20
> of what's in the pipeline for us in the not too distant future.
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> As one of our members said after the meeting "Up until now,=20
> we've had new Help tools emerge that meant simply learning a=20
> new technology. Our documentation production and testing=20
> procedures felt the most impact, but the Help solutions that=20
> will hit us in a year or so will really affect the way we're=20
> developing our software as well as writing our words.
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> It won't be a matter of switching tools overnight. We'll have=20
> to re-design all our information. Now's the time to start=20
> thinking and planning so that the move can be made when the=20
> new Help engine arrives.
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> I'm glad I'm not in this space any more but if I were, I'd be=20
> off to the AODC at Manly like a shot. The irony is that=20
> technical writers and their management will be horribly=20
> oblivious of what's in store and will consider this year's=20
> AODC as just another Online Documentation & Content Conference."
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> I have to agree with the concern expressed. I've started to=20
> worry about the impact that the new concept of user=20
> assistance will have on my under-control single sourcing=20
> documentation model. It won't fit at all. I'm glad I attended=20
> last night's meeting and now I will really make a concerted=20
> effort to get to the AODC conference.
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> For a link to the AODC conference site, go to www.astcnsw.org.au=20
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