My sincere thanks to (in alphabetical order)
Brian J. Walker
Project A.S.S.I.S.T. Technology Analyst, Iowa Department for the Blind, Website:
http://www.blind.state.ia.us/assist/
Brian is a technology analyst for Project A.S.S.I.S.T., focusing on developing tutorials for individuals who are deaf-blind. He came to Project ASSIST from St. Petersburg, Florida
where he worked as a technical writer for Freedom Scientific (creators of JAWS screen reader assistive software). He helps create tutorials for Braille-only users. His duties involve
researching Braille displays, writing, proofreading, and testing. He verifies that the information provided in the tutorials is accurate, and that the best approach for accomplishing
a task is used. I met Brian at the WritersUA Annual Conference held in April, 2006 in Palm Springs, California while attending his lecture on accessibility and assistive technologies.
Brian has added significant perspective to this tutorial by examining and testing it with his everyday work tool, the JAWS screen reader. Working with him has invaluably increased
my knowledge and understanding of accessible markup code and standards, and its use in making web-based documentation available to all, regardless of their physical capabilities. Thank
you Brian for your time and the recommendations you made to help make this tutorial ready for publishing.
Char James-Tanny
President of JTF Associates, Owner of helpstuff.com, Secretary of the Society for Technical Communication (S.T.C.), Website: http://www.helpstuff.com
Char James-Tanny has almost 25 years of 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 the
HAT-Matrix.com, through this hyperlink or from her Web site at http://www.helpstuff.com, where Help Authors 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.
Karen Mardahl
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Technical Writer, Co-manager - AccessAbility Special Interest Group (S.I.G.) of the Society for Technical Communication (S.T.C.), Website:
http://www.stcsig.org/sn/index.shtml
Karen is a Technical Writer and also co-manager of the AccessAbility Special Interest Group of the Society of Technical Communication. Her interest in accessibility comes from her
mother who taught physically challenged children all her working life. She was active for a while with the Authoring Tools Working Group of the
W.3.C. As Karen often points out, she does not have many opportunities to work actively with accessibility issues in her daily work as a technical writer in the semi-conductor
business. Instead, she "evangelizes". She discusses general topics or specific coding issues in an effort to encourage everyone in her network and beyond to discover the many benefits
of accessibility. For Karen, accessibility should be a natural part of any development or design, and not an after-the-fact thought. Thank you so much Karen, for the time and effort
you put into examining this tutorial, and for the very constructive comments and feeback which you professionally delivered.
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.