My sincere thanks to (in alphabetical order)
Bill Burns
Creator/Owner of Verbum Communications, Inc.
Website: http://verbumcomm.com
Bill Burns is a president, technical consultant, and trainer for Verbum Communications, Inc., specializing in single-source process development, technical writing, content internationalization,
XML technologies, and publishing processes. Bill presents at conferences, seminars, and other forums. He is a coauthor of "The WebWorks Publisher Cookbook: Transforming Your FrameMaker
Files to HTML and Online Help" and a contributing author of "Technical Writing 101: a Real-World Guide to Planning and Writing Technical Documentation." In his free time, Bill practices
Japanese and Chinese martial arts; plays guitar and electric bass; reads fiction, history, and theology; and plays far too many computer games.
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 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 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.
Jeni Tennison
XSLT Author, Presenter
Website: jenitennison.com
Jeni is currently working freelance, and is particularly interested in part time or consultancy work in which she can apply her skills and interest in web-based technologies, particularly
XML, XSLT and XML Schemas, and preferably take advantage of her academic background in knowledge management. She particularly enjoys the challenge of expanding her knowledge and abilities
to meet the demands of individual projects. Jeni likes working closely with customers to identify and satisfy their requirements, technical writing and tutoring.
Rob Cavicchio
Rob Cavicchio has been developing Windows Help systems for software companies since 1994. He has experience creating both WinHelp and HTML Help systems, and has recently been focused on producing single-sourced output from HTML documents that conform to W3C standards. Rob has been a Microsoft Help MVP since 2002.
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.