RE: Writing procedures

Subject: RE: Writing procedures
From: "Sarah Blake" <Sarah -dot- Blake -at- microfocus -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:48:01 +0100

> Should all the fields in a screen be described in a procedure. Or,
should
> only the fields that the user types an entry should be documented?

A procedure should only describe the fields the user needs to use for
that procedure. Somewhere, however, there should be reference material
that describes all the fields on that screen, and it should be
relatively easy for the user to find from where they are.

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References:
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