Re: how long does "fixing" a document take

["Edwin Skau" <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com>]

This sounds to me as if you're writing a manual from scratch and using the
developer's document as an input. You need to clearly define your work and
proceed accordingly with the estimate and execution.

Edwin







On 6/11/07, Carrie Baker <carriebak -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> I am sure that this is a question where the answer is "it depends",
> but I would like to get a sort of estimate to see if I am in the
> correct direction.
> A programmer for whom English is not their mother tongue, wrote an
> internal document explaining to sales staff how to demonstrate a
> complex application. (it is not a user guide, but more in the
> application note direction).
> The document is around 31 pages long and covers over 20 screens some
> of which are divided into additional panes etc.
> I was asked to edit this.
> Apart from editing, I am running the data he used, with the
> application to make sure no steps are missed out.
>
> All in all, I am fixing the English, adding formatting, (headings,
> numbers whatever is required), and making sure the whole thing makes
> sense and works.
>
> This seems to be taking me a long time. How long do you think
> something like this should take??
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