Re: How to treat doc errata?

[Eric Haddock <eric -at- ENGAGENET -dot- COM>]

>a) doing nothing.

   No, you know in your heart this isn't the right thing to do.



>b) inserting a loose page

   I personally hate loose sheets of errata because I have to constantly
keep track of them because there usually isn't any folder or binder or
something with the manual that I could put the errata in. Even so, such a
pocket would have to be in the cover of the manual for me to remember it all
the time--and I'd have to be sure to mention the errata to anyone I gave the
manual to.
   Constant pain.


c) adding a little blurb in the readme file. No one reads these
anyway......do they?

   I always read them--but I never print them.



   You could, if you have enough money and if the logistics of the error are
such, print up a bunch of stickers with the correct text. Issue them with
the manual and instruct the user to apply the sticker over the incorrect
portion of the text.
   One-time-only pain.
   This, if you have the money, is the optimal situation, I think. The user
does this once and can forget about it--and can hand the manual to anyone
without any special "see the errata" instructions or anything.
   Alas, this only works for tiny errors. :/






 /`-_     Eric Haddock ------ http://www2.corenet.net/moonlion
{     }/  Technical writer
 \    |   Engage Networks, Inc. ----- http://www.engagenet.com
  \__*|   located in the Historic Third Ward of Milwaukee, WI