Re: What do I call this document type?

[Thorsten Konersmann <tk -at- documentation -dot- engineering>]

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On Tue 26. Nov 2019 at 22:21 Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> It's too long for a quick reference (12 pages!), but it isn't a full
> manual.
>
> It covers a subset of features (situations and processes that are unlikely
> to occur are left out), and provides little more than "to do this, perform
> these steps".
>
> There's none of the normal book components, such as a front or back cover
> or a TOC.
>
> I can't call it a reference guide because we use those to provide actual
> reference information such as database field specifications, not how-tos.
>
> I thought about using "<product name> Guide", but to me that implies an
> actual manual.
>
> Suggestions?
>
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