priorities

Subject: priorities
From: Joanne Greene <joanne -dot- greene -at- JACOBUS -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 16:37:44 -0400

The discussion on typos brought this list of document priorities to mind.
This applies to technical writing in general, not just typos in resumes.

I'm curious to know the opinions of list readers to this list of document
priorities. My source is page 11 of "Creating Technical Manuals" by Gerald
Cohen and Donald H. Cunningham. These are their priorities from highest to
lowest:

Understandable
Usable
Filled with Specific Examples
Readable (not painful)
Specific and to the point (not overly general)
Logically organized
Well-paced, not dense
Visually pleasant
Uncomplicated (in writing and appearance)
Varied in sentence structure and length
Correct grammar
Correct spelling
Conforms to publication specifications

Cohen and Cunningham also point out that the skill and intellectual effort
required of publications people is greater for the higher priorities.


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