I read the chapters of the manual in the Book Reader, and this enables me to skim through the manual by chapter or section. I rarely use the manual utility, and then only the index to narrow down my search into a particular chapter of the manual.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:47:45 -0700 >Subject: re: help system: was RE: [Braillenote] question about displays. >I tend to use the index, but would like a way to skip quickly through the >document, to the next paragraph or section. The context sensitive help has >always worked for me, though. >At 8/17/2005, you wrote: >>I find the help system excellent! >>I primarily use the context sensitive help with chord-h. That gets me >>what I need about ninety-nine percent of the time. Otherwise, opening the >>appropriate section of the manual in KeyWord and using the find command >>takes care of the rest. >>I rarely need to use the index, but have found it useful a time or two. >>The reality is, the more powerful the device, the more details one will >>have to wade through. >>A very happy PK user, >>Richard >>on Wednesday 8/17/2005 02:50 PM Kathy Williams said >>>Well, Sarah, that's why there are people called Technical Writers who do >>>this for a profession, and get big bucks for doing it. Your term >>>eventually is the clue that this help system is not as easy to use as it >>>might be. A good help system gets the information you need promptly >>>without meandering through extraneous topics, details, and related >>>comments. Perhaps you haven't yet had experience with a really rigorously >>>written help system as they are few and far between. >>>___ >>>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
