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Subject:Re: I need your input - again From:Ian Macdonald <imacd -at- PC -dot- JARING -dot- MY> Date:Tue, 14 Nov 1995 08:17:22 +0800
>Ian Macdonald wrote:
>>My definition:
>>"A technical writer presents often complex information and presents it in an
>>appropriate format for the target audience"
and Robert Plamondon replied:
>By that definition, typesetters, journalists, and Shakespearean actors are
>technical writers.
Robert,
Are programmers considered to be technical writers? They also present
complex information (code) to an audience (the computer).
My point is that technical writers do far more than write user instructions.
Like most things, we have to take this in context.
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