RE: Need tips on Quick Start Guides

Subject: RE: Need tips on Quick Start Guides
From: "Kris Westrum" <mkw -at- metafile -dot- com>
To: <tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:31:23 -0600

Excellent articles, Tom! Thanks! (I wish I'd read it a year ago.)

Kris Westrum

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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:15 PM
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Subject: Re: Need tips on Quick Start Guides

Surely you didn't miss my two posts on quick reference guides:

http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/12/31/quick-reference-guide-formats-ti
ps-for-finding-attractive-layouts/

http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/07/06/quick-reference-guides-the-poetr
y-of-technical-writing/


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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>wrote:

> Looks like I need to create my first Quick Start Guide.
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> Craig Cardimon
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References:
Need tips on Quick Start Guides: From: Cardimon, Craig
Re: Need tips on Quick Start Guides: From: Tom Johnson

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