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Re: Dealing with required/optional information in the same doc

Subject: Re: Dealing with required/optional information in the same doc
From: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- alltel -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:03:07 -0400


I'd use this:

Step 1. Backing up data -
If you are working with Frammis Valves, SKIP THIS STEP
and go on to Step 2.
If you are working with Muffler Bearings, THIS STEP IS
MANDATORY.

Or something like that. Once you have the steps defined, try to
keep them the same for all eternity, or at least half of it. That's
because folks will make up cheat-sheets for the "guys in the trenches"
who actually do the stuff. They will want to refer to step numbers
that are invariant. You might make two or more test versions of
your document, and try them out on genuine users who are not over
educated, and maybe haven't even used the procedures before.

Victoria Wroblewski wrote:

Do I give even the optional steps a step number and just note it (Step
1: Backing Up Data (Optional)). Do I just bite the bullet and manage
two 30+ page chapters where only about 4 pages are different? (I'd love
to have conditional or variable text right now but I don't, we use
InDesign.)

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Dealing with required/optional information in the same doc: From: Victoria Wroblewski

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