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Subject:Re: Quick Start sections. From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Fri, 22 Aug 1997 17:03:53 +0800
The consensus so far seems to be for a separate booklet and not a
section in the main guide.
Another option to consider is a brief 'Quick Start' at the front of
each chapter. For example, in the MS Word 6 'User's Guide', each
chapter has a two-page 'Quick Start' containing 3 - 7 headings, each
typically one or two paragraphs plus screen shot. The rest of the
chapter has more detail on these tasks and others.
I don't usually have much good to say about Microsoft and Word (sorry
Matt, flame me -- I deserve it), but I think they got this one right.
Regards
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Stuart Burnfield "Live wrong and prosper"
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