Re: Identifying window components in SW apps

["Ken Weinberg" <lists -at- internettrainingground -dot- com>]

Determining what's in a manual is all about the audience. If the audience is
both novice and expert, it will be overkill, but experts are used to
skimming.

-Ken Weinberg
Tech Writer
Whitehill Technologies, Inc.


On 4/25/07, Michelle Vina-Baltsas <Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com>
wrote:
>
> For those writers who document software applications, when you are
> describing a window/screen, do you identify every part of the
> window/screen or do you only specify the parts that aren't obvious? We
> typically identify all parts and pieces, but I'm wondering if this is over
> kill.  I know this answer will be partly based on the audience, but I want
> to know what others consider in making this decision.
>
> Thank you,
> Michelle Vina-Baltsas
> Technical Writer
> Datascope Corporation, Patient Monitoring
> 201.995.8350
> michelle_vina-baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com
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