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Subject:Re: Style/Layout for Manuals From:John Posada <john -at- TDANDW -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:30:41 -0500
Hi, guys...
I checked out their site and they have a little test to show how effective information mapping is. I took the test...following is a piece of the results:
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Congratulations!
You did something that few people do... You found the requested information in the typical document as fast or slightly faster
than in the "Mapped" document.
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So...what's so great about Information Mapping? :-)
Frick, Geri wrote:
> We use Information Mapping here in my department at Boeing. They have a site, http://www.infomap.com/ on the internet, but I couldn't find any examples in a quick look around. They offer seminars (two days I believe) that are very in depth on the technique.
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