Helpviewer or textbook? The case of Ganesh helper

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 419-434

  Andeweg, Bas A ^a   De Jong, Jaap C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0040243089     PISSN: 00472816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/9VHQ-WKFQ-WNBQ-WUUQ     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. P. Elbow, Writing with Power, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1981.
2. R. Elling, B. Andeweg, J. de Jong, C. Swankhuisen Rapportagetechniek, Schrijven voor lezers met weinig tijd (Report Writing Techniques, Writing for Readers with Little Time), Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, 1994.
3. B. Andeweg, R. Elling, J. de Jong, S. Kunst, R. Natadarma, and C. Swankhuisen, Ganesh Helper 2.0, Adviezen en voorbeelden voor het schrijven van technische rapporten en brieven (Advice and Examples for the Writing of Technical Reports and Letters), Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, 1994. A demonstration version (Dutch only) is downloadable from the Internet Web page: http://www.wtm.tudelft.nl/namen/B.A. Andeweg/ganhlp.htm.
4. R. Duncan, Constructing Your Own Windows Helpfiles, in PC Magazine, pp. 325-329, April 1993.
5. HAG: Help Authority Guide, Unofficial on-line guide by Microsoft to the Microsoft Helpviewer adapted and converted to a helpfile by David DelGreco (scrivner @well.sf.ca.us) Menlo Park, California. Downloadable as HAG.ZIP from various ftp-sites (i.e. ftp: ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/programr) 1992.
6. R. J. Brockman, Writing Better Computer User Documentation: From Paper to On-Line, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996.
7. W. Horton, Designing and Writing On-Line Documentation (2nd Edition), Wiley and Sons, New York, 1994.
8. E. H. Weiss, How to Write Usable User Documentation, Oryx, Phoenix, Arizona, 1991.
9. B. A. Andeweg, J. C. de Jong, and R. Natadarma, Improving Writing Skills through Ganesh, in Effective Teaching and Learning in Writing, G. Rijlaarsdam, H. van den Bergh, and M. Couzijn (eds.), Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 1996.