RE: Writing User Guide and Help for Wireless Application Portal

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

That's a tall order.  Have you written other documents before?  Everyone
develops their own way to tackle a writing project and one person's way may
not be the way you will wind up doing things.

For me, in a nutshell, I outline the process, get screenshots from the
process, describe the process in detail and use the screenshots as
necessary, then I run through process according to the documentation and
update content and screenshots so that it is balanced and approachable. I
may run through the document a few times before I get to a draft.  I
generally do not use all of the detailed content and screenshots, but I find
it best to trim my documents from too much information than to try and
fill-in gaps later.  The outline is very important because it dictates flow,
so I revisit the outline of my document to make sure that it flows well.

If you use FrameMaker and WebWorks, then your "Help feature" will be easy.

Lauren

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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lt34=csus -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of
Saradha Krishnamurty
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 3:07 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Writing User Guide and Help for Wireless Application Portal

Hi,

I am a novice to the field of Technical Writing and new to this list group.
I seek advice on how to write a User Guide and Help feature for a Wireless
Application Portal.

Thank you
Saradha
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