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Hi all of you considering or working with on-line manuals.
This month's "Tip of the month for technical writers" on "The Website
for User Friendly Manuals" is about the very fundamental differences
in structure and use between on-line manuals and paper based manuals.
It was originally shorter and intended for the list, but it became
too long, and I needed to add some graphics. The current version
reflects a digest of points covered by the previous discussions on
the TECHWR-L plus PRC's experiences.
Peter Ring
PRC (Peter Ring Consultants)
- specialists in user friendly manuals and audits on manuals.
prc -at- pip -dot- dknet -dot- dk http://www.pip.dknet.dk/~pip323/index.htm
- the "User Friendly Manuals" website with links, bibliography,
list of prof. associations, and tips for technical writers.
