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Subject:Re: Types of documentation? From:"Anthony Markatos" <tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:techwritermw -at- altavista -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:18:15 PST
Mr Smith asks:
How do writers typically differentiate training documentation from user
documentation....
Tony Markatos responds:
Such was the speaker's topic for our most recent STC meeting (Northeast Ohio
Chapter). The speaker's answer: End-users read what Trainers create to
gain knowledge [that stays with them]; end-users read the documenation that
Technical Writers (outside of training) create to do a task once.
Obviously our speaker was a trainer. I disagreed with his assessment, but
was the ONLY one - in a room full of Technical Writers - who did. I would
be very curious as to what others on this listserv feel.
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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