RE: Two Professional Questions

Subject: RE: Two Professional Questions
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:04:56 -0400

To loosely paraphrase Chris: If you, the users, and the boss/customer
all think that your documentation is well laid out, then it is.


-----Original Message-----
From: Wade Courtney
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:55 PM
To: Dan Goldstein
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Two Professional Questions

What, exactly, is well-laid-out application documentation? Is there an
example somewhere, so I can see if I'm doing anything wrong?

//uses authorit
//uses word as an output mechanism.
//hates word.

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> I'm thinking about all those tech writers who use Word to create
> well-laid-out application documentation, and who aren't "faced with a
> battle every step of the way."
>
> What are they missing? Where have they gone wrong, without anyone
> noticing?
>
>


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References:
Two Professional Questions: From: Roberta Hennessey
Re: Two Professional Questions: From: Chris Morton
RE: Two Professional Questions: From: Dan Goldstein
Re: Two Professional Questions: From: Wade Courtney

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