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Subject:Version Release Notes From:Rebecca Phillips <Rebecca -at- QRONUS -dot- CO -dot- IL> Date:Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:29:23 +0200
Techwhirlers:
Part 2: I am hesitant about suggestions from new manager has made for
the documentation, and I would like to bounce them off of you guys.
Release notes, by nature, include features which are relevant to various
different parts of the manual. Under each feature description in the
release notes, she would like me to write the name and number of the
affected chapter under each feature.
I think that in most cases, the user will derive no benefit from
referring to the manual. For example, if the dialog box has changed,
what good does it do for him to look back at the manual and compare the
existing to the new? On the other hand, there is good logic in placing
new features within the context of the user manual.
For those of you who write version release notes, do you refer back to
the parts of the manual affected in the release notes themselves? Do
customers find this helpful? Distracting? Do you think it's a good idea?
Rebecca
Rebecca M. Phillips
Documentation Manager
Qronus Interactive Ltd.
Automated System Testing http://www.qronus-int.com
rebecca -at- qronus -dot- co -dot- il
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