Designing Windows 95 Help


Book Description

A comprehensive, professional-level reference on building Windows 95 Help systems and other interactive on-line documentation. The CD-ROM included with the book provides many example Help systems and templates which are illustrated in the text. In addition, the multimedia source material is included which can be used for testing and creating new multimedia applications.




The Craft of Windows 95TM Interface Design


Book Description

Good software interface design is as crucial to a product's success as is its functionality. With the availability of visual development tools such as Visual Basic and Visual C++, more and more developers of applications will need to understand and use principles of good interface design. This book will help guide the reader to a better understanding of how to make Windows software simple to navigate and a pleasure to use. The author concentrates on the development of user-interfaces for Windows 95 and NT software and introduces some important design techniques such as prototyping, UI bulking, Rapid Layout Comparison, and the Side-by-Side Design Approach. Readers are assumed to have a working knowledge of development tools such as Visual C++ and to be working with the Microsoft Guidelines for Interface Design.




Visual Interface Design for Windows


Book Description

Looking for insight on designing Windows user interfaces? Need help improving the visual impact of your Windows 95 application? This definitive resource presents both the graphics design principles and hands-on software development techniques users need to create visually functional and attractive Windows applications. Features an attractive color design with hundreds of illustrations.




The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design


Book Description

This well-organized and clearly written book provides guidelines for designing visually and functionally consistent user interfaces for Windows programs. It is the official book on Microsoft user-interface design and can be read as a program specification for Windows application developers who want to save training time, boost productivity, and promote user confidence in their applications.




Hardware Design Guide for Microsoft Windows 95


Book Description

Wouldn't it be great if setting up or upgrading your computer were as simple as plugging it in and turning it on? Thanks to an industry-wide initiative called ""Plug and Play"", it soon will be. Here is the official guide to implementing Plug and Play capabilities in computer hardware, software, and peripherals.




How to Use Windows 95


Book Description

A completely repackaged version of the current edition, with minimal changes in content and organization, and maximum changes in design utility, and appeal, this new, user-friendly, improved design appeals to users who need a reliable, proven introduction to Windows 95.




Developing Online Help for Windows 95


Book Description

An invaluable resource for developing Help for Windows 95 products, this book/disk combo offers practical guidance and specific techniques backed by clearly explained concepts and principles. Disk contains samples of compiled WinHelp files with source text files, Word for Windows help template with macros, and bitmap clip art for your own help files.




Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit


Book Description

The Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit is an invaluable source for beginning and veteran Help authors, providing all the information and software needed to create online Help files for Windows 95 applications (also for earlier versions of Windows and for Windows NT version 3.51 or later). This comprehensive, easy-to-use kit is brought to you by the team that created online Help for Windows 95. The book is packed with valuable information that reflects hours of usability testing and research. The enclosed CD-ROM contains Help Workshop, formerly known as Help Compiler. Help Workshop introduces a new graphical user interface that makes creating and compiling Help files easier and faster than ever before.




10 Minute Guide to Approach for Windows 95


Book Description

Here is a perfect guide for users who want to learn the basics and most-used features of Approach for Windows 95 in the fastest, easiest way possible. Presenting information in crystal-clear, 10-minute lessons, Shelley O'Hara presents a complete guide to Approach's features and functions. She includes timesaving tips, "plain English definitions", and more.




InfoWorld


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