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Subject:Re: Style/Layout for Manuals From:Wayne Douglass <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:53:21 -0800
At 09:05 AM 1/20/99 -0500, Frank Clark wrote:
>I hope that someone out there can help me with this. I am looking for
>something to give either theory or examples of good/useful layout/style for
>manuals. I am currently updating some reference manuals and writing a
>series of docs to complement courses (on software products).
>
Look at Chapter 14 of Philip Rubens, ed., _Science and Technical Writing: A
Manual of Style_, which is entitled "Designing Useful Documents."
--Wayne
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