All right, enough programmer bashing.
From: CE WOOD [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are not very helpful! Then Technical Writers need to write the Help files, that is, if they are supposed to be helpful rather than frustrating! Odd, though. When beginning the study of programming, we are taught to begin at the beginning and give the precise steps needed to accomplish the task because computers know nothing they have not been told. One would assume that programmers would be able to do this. if they are writing the Help files...... If Technical Writers compose the Help files, they need to imagine they are not familiar with the lingo and procedures. CE ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Fry <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are not very helpful! On 2011/07/05 19:39, Cathy-0 wrote: > I've got a major problem with how programmers write the (un)-Help files. And > the Legacy programmers are no exception. I came across this example today. That's because we're Programmers and not Technical Writers! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
