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The Story of the Dreidel

  • dreidel.pdf: Adobe PDF file with an explanation of the dreidel game for kids. The sheet has four slips that you can cut out for your class. (62 KB)

2003 Orange County STC: "Public Speaking for Technical Communictors"

2002 Reflections Ceremony

  • reflections.zip: Video of Stephanie Stern winning the award for the 2002 Reflections contest. Video in Windows Media Viewer (WMV) format (301 KB)

2000 WinWriters Conference Peer Showcase: "Moving from WinHelp to HTML Help"

  • HHHowToChm.zip: HTML Help file providing issues you should consider before moving to HTML Help (27 KB)
  • HHHowTo.zip: Source for the HTML Help file above. You can see how the file implements DHTML and secondary windows. Includes ForeHelp backup file (95 KB)

1999 WinWriters Conference:
"Making Information Easy to Find with Related Topics"

1999 WinWriters Conference/Orange County STC: "Demystifying Context-Sensitive Help"

  • ww99-contsnt.zip: PowerPoint 97 slides from my presentation at WinWriters in Seattle. This is the 90-minute version of my presentation (105 KB)
  • ocstc-contsnt.zip: PowerPorint 97 slides from my updated and condensed version of the presentation at the Orange County STC (94 KB)
  • ww99-vbexmpl.zip: Sample Visual Basic 6.0 program with source files you can use to experiment with context-sensitive help (13 KB)
  • ww99-helpexmpl.zip: Sample Windows Help file and source files that go with the sample Visual Basic program. You can use the included ForeHelp 3.0 database or use the .HPJ and .RTF files with any help authoring tool (41 KB)
  • ww99-tpcsheet.zip: Excel 97 spreadsheet that you can use to keep track of help topics and help IDs (12 KB)

1998 International STC: "Designing and Creating Troubleshooters"

  • STC98.ZIP: Templates and graphics for creating troubleshooters and the PowerPoint 97 slides from my presentation (35 KB)

DHTML Help Example

  • dhtml.zip: To answer a question from WINHLP-L: I put together a sample HTML Help file so that you can see how DHTML can be used in help. This file was created with a demo version of ForeHTML (10 KB).

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