Remembering Josef Becker (4 July 1950 - 29 March 2006)

The Microsoft Help MVPs have learned that Josef Becker died suddenly on 29 March 2006. Josef was well known in the Help authoring world for his collection of Help utilities, now found online at http://www.helpmaster.info. Many Help authors have referred to his site over the years, as Josef linked to many utilities that couldn't be found anywhere else.

Josef wrote his first technical documentation in 1982. Ten years later, he developed his first WinHelp system using pure Word. He was a Microsoft Help MVP from 1999 to 2005.

In later years, Josef was the Managing Director of Becker & Poettgen Software GmbH, a firm that specializes in developing computer-based training, Web-based training, and hypertext-based training. The firm continues under the direction of his daughter, Anne.

The Microsoft Help MVPs extend our deepest sympathies to his family.