Re: how to document multi-choice GUI - thanks!

[Patrice Dodd <dodd -at- teleport -dot- com>]

I want to thank everyone for helping me with the multi-choice GUI. There
were two main categories of suggestions. One category centered on starting
with a flowchart showing the variety of paths a user might take, and then
see how those items could be grouped logically.

The other category of advice, which came from a number of sources, was to
hyperlink and/or cross reference the heck out of everything.

A combination of these two categories was to use a simplified flowchart
showing the main steps in either an introduction or quick start guide, with
items on the chart being hyperlinked/cross-referenced to detailed
explanations of each step.

Another idea was to provide procedures that took the user through several
typical paths, making sure that every choice a user might make was included
in at least one path, and then include a detailed explanation of each
section of the interface in a reference section.

Thanks again to everyone, and my apologies to anyone whose ideas I may have
misrepresented.

Patrice Dodd


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