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Subject:What is More Important? From:<richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com> To:<dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 15 May 2007 17:22:31 -0400
May I ask everyone a question. What is more important, having the content of a manual written well or having the content of a manual technically accurate, and no they are not mutually exclusive :-)
Please may I ask that you just pick one or the other, I know that we can list a myriad or reasons why each is important and at times mandatory, I am just asking everyone to decide and pick one.
I am fortunate enough to have been on both sides of the fence. I was a Product Support Engineer for years working on Ion Implanters trying to use the manuals available and now I am the Writer of those manuals.
If this has been asked before, please accept my apologies and point me to where the answer is stored. I really appreciate your help Everyone, thank you.
Richard Melanson
Technical Writer
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