RE: how to document multi-choice GUI

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

>>..Because of this structure, to complete the task of making the CD,
>> the use must make a series of choices in each step. By the time
>> the user gets to the end, there are myriad possible task flows.


Create a diagram that will guide the user to their correct starting point.
At each point, the reader has a specific choice and based on that choice,
they have specific options.

I'll keep it very simple since describing a picture is always harder when
you don't have the picture in front of you. If you want to explore this
further, I can diagram this out and send you a Visio file.

1) Are you A or B?
   if you are A, go to 2
   if you are B, go to 3

2) Are you trying to do X or Y
   if you are trying to do X, go to 4
   if you are trying to do Y, go to 5

3) Are you trying to do V or W
    if you are trying to do V, go to 6
    if you are trying to do W, go to 7

4) Do "this"

5  Do "this other thing"

6) Do "that"

7  Do "that other thing"

>From each of the ending points for 4, 5, 6, or 7, you would create a
hyperlink to the beginning of the correct process, which they only got to if
they met all of the criteria for that process.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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