Juliette Kernion: Technical Documentation, Online Help)

Online Help

LabVIEW 8.0 Help

As a technical writer at National Instruments, I was part of a team of tech writers that developed and edited the LabVIEW 8.0 help. My responsibilities included the following tasks:

Researched and wrote conceptual and procedural topics for Application Builder, a plug-in application that enabled LabVIEW users to create executables, DLLs, Windows installers, and zip files.
Researched and wrote conceptual and procedural topics for a new source control feature that enabled third-party source control applications to work with LabVIEW files. I also edited and single-sourced error codes for the new feature.
Wrote dialog box context-sensitive help for the above features, edited and updated context-sensitive help for all core LabVIEW dialog boxes, and ensured context help imported correctly into the software.
Updated the LabVIEW Development Guidelines, which were converted from a printed manual to online help for the 8.0 release.

I used an HTML editor (Macromedia HomeSite) and an XML editor (Oxygen) to create and edit LabVIEW 8.0 help topics. I tested procedures periodically with the latest development versions of the software and assisted in editing user interfaces.

VI Logger VI Reference Help
(view sample topic)

This help file provided reference information about LabVIEW functions available with VI Logger, a datalogging application to use with National Instruments data acquisition hardware. The help file had to work on Windows platforms and had to merge correctly with the master LabVIEW Help table of contents and index.

I performed the following tasks for these help files:

Worked with software engineers in Austin and other countries to develop and edit content.
Used alpha and beta versions of the software to create and test procedures.
Took screenshots of software and edited for publication quality.
Consulted departmental and company style guides to ensure a consistent documentation style.
Edited text and created graphics so they could be localized easily.
Incorporated edits from software engineers, marketing managers, and LabVIEW documentation leads.
Used Framemaker tags and XML tags to single-source content used in both user guides and help files.

Online Help

LabVIEW 8.0 Help

VI Logger VI Reference Help(view sample topic)

VI Logger VI Reference Help
(view sample topic)