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Benzi Schreiber explained:
> The Installation Guide has 2 sections:
>
> * The first deals with everything that has to be done before installing our
> actual application (operating system, databases, environment, etc.).
> * The second explains how to install the app.
>
> What should the first section be called? Someone here suggested
> "Pre-installation Configuration".
> Anyone have a better idea?
Don't know about how much "better" my idea is, but if
you're not averse to using the second person, you could
use "Before You Install [the Product]."
The users at my last company preferred that phrasing to
"Pre-Installation" because it was more clear to them.
Hope this helps,
- Kate O'Neill
making a pre-coffee posting (or is that "before coffee"?)
