Re: User Manual par excellance

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> > OK, I've gotten feedback from boss about the User Manual. 
> > Complaint is first 5-7 pages just don't grab and pull the 
> > reader in. I've been told that it needs more purpose and 
> > focus.
> 
> So just delete the first 5-7 pages and cut straight to the part
> with purpose and focus. I'm totally serious. Most tech doc 

Some of us are missing a major point. Her boss wants it. We can
either tell her how to make him happy, or we can do what works in our
environment even if it doesn't work in her, and when her boss gets
upset, we can tell her to polish her resume because obviously, it
isn't a place that respects technical writers.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"What do we want? More than 
anybody else has."
             Steve Ballmer

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