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>What Michael wrote sounds like needing to know the audience and adjusting
your approach accordingly.
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>At 03:06 PM 5/16/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>Like so many generalizations, the list Joanne Greene provides suffers
>>from a lack of context. If readers are highly motivated to use the
>>document, then the list might work well enough for priorities.
>>However, if the users are highly unmotivated (even antagonistic),
>>then other things might come first. For example, being "visually
>>pleasant" might be the first priority (to get attention and attract
>>readers), even above the "technically accurate" that Tracy Boyington
>>added--an unread but accurate manual is no better than an inaccurate
>>manual as far as accomplishing effective performance is concerned.
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>>Michael Hassett
>>Assistant Professor
>>English
>>Boise State University
>>mhasset -at- quartz -dot- idbsu -dot- edu
>>(208)385-4211
>>http://www.idbsu.edu/english/mhassett/hassett.htm
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