Acknowledgements

My sincere thanks to (in alphabetical order)

Char James-Tanny

President of JTF Associates, Owner of helpstuff.com, Secretary of the Society for Technical Communication (S.T.C.)
Websites: http://www.helpstuff.com HAT-Matrix.com
Char James-Tanny has more than 25 years experience as a technical writer and is well known in the Help community for her knowledge of online Help tools and concepts. Author of two books and numerous courses about Help, as well as several Help Authoring Tool tutorials, she speaks frequently at conferences around the world on Help topics, cross-browser issues, and tool-specific functionality. Char was responsible for producing the online documentation for Toshiba Corporation - Japan laptops during the 90s and for producing the Discover Magazine's 15 Year Electronic Index for Walt Disney Company, both with Microsoft's MultiMedia Viewer. Her tutorial on Microsoft's HTML Help 1.x, hosted at fellow MVP David Liske's site, has been downloaded over 12,000 + times since 2000. Her company has worked for clients such as Dragon Systems, Fleet Bank, Honda America, PepsiCo, and the U.S Navy. Char maintains Hat-Matrix.com where Help Authors and Technical Communicators can review various Help Authoring Tools available in the market. Manufacturers of these tools can update and describe new features directly through the website, keeping it fresh, timely and of critical importance to potential buyers. She is an AuthorIT Certified Consultant and a senior member of the Society for Technical Communications Boston Chapter. Earlier in 2006, Char was elected Secretary of the S.T.C. Thank you Char, for taking the time to review and give me very constructive technical and editorial feedback.

Dana Worley

Manager - Applications Engineer, Campbell Scientific Inc.
Website: http://www.campbellsci.com
Dana began developing on-line help systems using WinHelp when she began working for Campbell Scientific in 1997. As an Applications Engineer for C.S.I., she creates on-line help systems for their products, performs product testing, provides technical customer support, and conducts training classes. She has been writing and editing documentation for 20 years. Dana's professional insight, knowledge and suggestions helped break a "writer's block" enabling me to satisfactorily conclude this tutorial. Thank you Dana for your time and the professional attention you gave to my endeavor.

Dave Gash

Owner of HyperTrain dot Com. Author, Lecturer and Programmer of Technical Communications and Web Standards encompassing (X) H.T.M.L., X.M.L., X.S.L.T., C.S.S., and D.O.M./JavaScript
Website: http://www.hypertrain.com
Dave Gash is the founder of HyperTrain dot Com, a California firm specializing in hypertext training and consulting. Dave has over thirty years of programming, documentation, and training experience, holds degrees in Business and Computer Science, and is a W3C-certified HTML and JavaScript developer. He is well known in the tech pubs community as an interesting and animated technical instructor, and also as the owner of a substantial collection of gaudy shirts. When he's not developing Web pages, scripts, and help materials, Dave is a frequent speaker at User Assistance conferences in the US and around the world. Dave, thank you for taking the time from your incessant schedule to review this Fast Track tutorial and supply me with extremely useful and incisive technical feedback. Those priviledged to have attended one of Dave's lectures will never forget his style, patience and ability to transfer parts of his immense intellectual property to those ready to learn.

Rob Chandler

Creator/Owner of Helpware.net, Helpware FAR HTML, and H2Reg
Website: http://helpware.net
Rob works full-time in the "MarCom" department of Varian Australia. He is one of the leading experts in Microsoft Help Technolgies, and has mirrored this in his Helpware.net website along with his cutting-edge software application, Helpware FAR HTML. Rob has given the ability to thousands of Help Authors and Techncial Writers (me included) to help others through the purchase and use of his software products, as well as through his vast knowledge and experience published on Helpware.net. I also have the privilage of keeping my other Fast Track tutorials on Rob's website. He gave this tutorial a thorough going-over and issued his approval. Thanks Rob for your time, advice, and giving me the opportunity and ability to publish to the Help community.

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