Re: manual vs white paper

Subject: Re: manual vs white paper
From: Gina Jones <gina -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:05:40 -0400

I was instructed to insert the content as is, with no revisions, since the
content has already been published as a white paper.


On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> If I understood Gina correctly, her client told her to merge 2 documents
> that have different styles (writing, not Word) & functions. And she's
> trying to avoid that.
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> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Ryan Haber <ryan -dot- haber -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
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> > Why not just send the client only the text as you want it published? Or
> > maybe send two versions - one for the user manual, and the other clearly
> > labeled as not for the user manual.
> >
> > I'm not sure I follow. If you are looking for the client to edit the
> paper
> > into a final form, that doesn't seem likely to go well.
> >
> >
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> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Gina Jones <gina -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all!
> > >
> > > I was recently sent a white paper as is, with instructions to insert
> the
> > > content as a new topic within the relevant chapter of a user manual I
> am
> > > working on.
> > >
> > > To maintain writing consistency and keep out pre-sale narrative, I'm
> > going
> > > to suggest appending the white paper to the manual or including a
> > > cross-reference to the site it's published on. Is there an alternative
> to
> > > these options? Can you think of additional reasons or have any advice
> on
> > > persuading my client to go this route?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
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References:
manual vs white paper: From: Gina Jones
Re: manual vs white paper: From: Ryan Haber
Re: manual vs white paper: From: Haim Roman

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