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Re: Writing about a product on a PDA

Subject: Re: Writing about a product on a PDA
From: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- alltel -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:33:28 -0400


On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:25:47 0000, Worzel Gummidge <worzel_gummidge -at- lycos -dot- com> wrote:

I'm going to write about our new product that utilizes a PDA (runs
on a PDA platform).

Having never written about this type of thing before, what are some
of the things that I should include in the manual, beyond the TOC,
body, and index?

I've never read any of the documents that might have come with my PDA,
and I have never needed to. PDA apps should require no documentation
other than built-in help. On the other hand, I had to use a lot of
web searching to figure out how to overcome a designed-in hardware bug.

Your assumption of TOC, body, and index is probably inappropriate.

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