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RE: Developing Quality Technical Information (Was Re: Front Matte r
Subject:RE: Developing Quality Technical Information (Was Re: Front Matte r From:"WIETHORN,MIKE (Non-HP-Roseville,ex1)" <mike_wiethorn -at- non -dot- hp -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:27:31 -0700
I highly recommend this book, too. My review (a reader from Sacramento) can
be found at Amazon.com.
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> From: Michael West [SMTP:mike -dot- west -at- oz -dot- quest -dot- com]
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:33 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Developing Quality Technical Information (Was Re: Front
> Matter
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> >I found this book on Amazon at
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0137903200/104-9784666-6458354
> > Lois Patterson
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>
>
> Regarding _Developing Quality Technical Information_ by Gretchen
> Hargis (ISBN 0-13-790320-0), I have had several inquiries.
>
> I highly recommend this 'Handbook for writers and editors' (as it is
> sub-titled) put together by a technical editing group at IBM's Santa
> Teresa laboratory. It is concise and yet full of practical examples.
>
> Regarding 'real' and 'artificial' tasks, the book describes a real
> task as a task users want to perform, whether or not they are using
> your product to do it. Artificial tasks are tasks that are imposed by
> the product.
>
>
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