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Subject:Re: Advice On User Manuals From:Joanna Sheldon <cjs10 -at- CORNELL -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 4 Dec 1995 06:25:44 -0500
>Suzanne Pyle wrote:
>> My question involves using engineering specs to write the manual.
>> Have any of you done this before without actually using the
>> software/hardware? And if you have, did you also interface with
>> engineers for your questions ?
And Jared answered:
>We have been successful at producing a full working version of the
>design by building a paper mockup. The paper mockup is a fully
>interactive representation of the design
What do you mean by a "fully interactive representation of the design?"
Representation is a very vague word. Could you describe your "mockup" in
more detail?
TIA
Joanna
C. Joanna Sheldon, PhD
GRAPHTECH Consulting
documentation solutions # information design
PO Box 288, Lansing NY 14882, USA
cjs10 -at- cornell -dot- edu
