Re: MW Pro Help inadequacies

[WendyPetti@xxxx]

> The one item it does not show is how to create a button or slider. I know
> these are easy once one knows - but it is not covered and I am not sure how
> this will be implemented in a cybercourse.
> Ray

Actually, the MW Pro Help does show this in two places (briefly and in 
detail):

1) (briefly) Help --> MW Pro Fundamentals --> An Overview of MW Pro --> The 
Toolbar
(where it says, "click on an icon for help,") --> click on button/slider icon 
and you'll see: "creates a [button/slider]. When you click on the page, the 
[button/slider]'s dialog box opens."

2) (in detail) Help --> MW Pro Fundamentals --> More about MW Objects -->
Creating a button / Creating a slider
Choosing one of these links brings up a full page of info about how to use 
the features of the dialog box, etc.

But on the other hand, there is one bit of information which I have never 
been able to locate in the MW Pro Help. I only knew this was possible when 
Gary Stager demonstrated it at the 1999 Logosium: You can click and drag the 
boundary between the right edge of the project area and the tabs, and you can 
click and drag the boundary between the bottom edge of the project area and 
the command center. This is helpful for oversize projects. Also, although 
"newprojectsize" is one of the primitives, explained in the vocabulary 
section, I think they should explain in the overview information that you can 
resize your project before you get started. If they explain that, I've not 
yet located the info.

So the least we can do in the cybercourse is provide some basic information 
like that! But we shouldn't be redundant... no point in covering what the 
Help area does well, I suppose.

I think it would be useful also to include a substantial list of FAQ... and 
then if we add a search function to the cybercourse, people who type a 
question into the search box will (we hope) be directed straight to the 
information they are seeking. THAT would have been nice in the MW Pro Help.

(We could also write to LCSI to suggest some improvements to their Help for 
any future version of MW Pro.)

I hope others will weigh in with what they might find lacking in the help 
menus so that we can be sure to cover that information well in the 
cybercourse.

Wendy