RE: Do manuals have to be boring?

Subject: RE: Do manuals have to be boring?
From: Paul Hanson <phanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:06:26 -0500

Honestly, I haven't thought of a manual as a "separate" thing since I was at Scott DeLoach's presentation at WinWriters 2007 (http://www.clickstart.net/presentations/embeddedua_writersua07.pdf)

With embedded UA, the user probably doesn't even know they are getting the help they need.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Haiss
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:15 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Do manuals have to be boring?

I found the following article inspiring, and it would be great with a
Friday morning cup of coffee.

"How a mouth-watering user guide got me thinking about technical
communication"

http://www.dmncommunications.com/weblog/?p=2069

It made me long for the kind of computer manuals I read as a kid, when
computing was just a hobby and the authors of manuals were perfectly
willing to goof off in print.
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References:
Do manuals have to be boring?: From: Craig Haiss
RE: Do manuals have to be boring?: From: Dan Goldstein

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