RE: Documents I'd like to see...

Subject: RE: Documents I'd like to see...
From: Maggie Secara <MSecara -at- NILS -dot- COM>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:15:14 -0700

I agree. I'd like to know what this puppy can do, not just how to do
something I've thought of and can't figure out. What is it FOR? When would
I use this feature? I used to learn a lot about Word, for example, just by
picking up the manual and paging through that. Back when there *was* a
manual. Now that everything is reduced to generalized on-line help, if you
don't already know, it's hard to find out.



Maggie Secara
NILS Publishing Company
(818) 734-3570

-----Original Message-----
From: R. Johnson [mailto:rjayz -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 1:00 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Documents I'd like to see...


I'd like to see more documentation that illustrates
potential real-world solutions based on the functionality
of particular software applications. For example, I'd be
interested in seeing how others have used mail merge in
ways other than creating form letters; or how to create a
knowledge base that enables you to maintain, update or
generate an entire policy and procedures manual at the
click of a button; or how (and why) to create an animated
movie using layers in PhotoShop; or creating CBTs in Power
Point.

Why is there such a dearth of "solution" based
documentation? Everything seems to be "process-oriented"
rather than "results-oriented." Reference manuals and user
guides are fine, but sometimes I'd like to see an example
of the functionality in actual use, rather than
"Select-File-Click-OK." Am I alone in this or do others
feel this way too?

Robin J.


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