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Subject:Suggested reading for tutorial-making From:Shannon Ford <shannon -at- UNIFACE -dot- NL> Date:Wed, 27 Oct 1993 15:17:14 +0100
In reply to Kelli Martin, re: Tutorial vs. User Guide
I recently read an interesting book about designing minimal manuals and
instruction materials:
The Nurnberg Funnel: Designing Minimalist Instruction for Practical Computer
Skill, John M. Carroll, 1990 MIT Press ISBN 0-262-03163-9
It is *perhaps* a little radical for some old hands, but it gets the juices
flowing.
As a person who hates writing glossary entries, I refrain from trying to define
user manual vs. tutorial.
It would be an interesting discussion (for another day :-)) to talk about
minimalist manuals...
