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Subject:RE: Which came first: the manual or the help? From:"Brierley, Sean" <Brierley -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:'Aoidìn Scully' <ascully -at- flexicom -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:41:11 -0400
I do the manual first. It's the way my mind and my tools work. Ideally, I'd
like to have them both be completely separate projects, but, time, staffing,
money, and deadlines being what they are . . ..
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aoidìn Scully [SMTP:ascully -at- flexicom -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:10 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: FW: Which came first: the manual or the help?
>
>
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >A quick question/survey:
> >
> >When you're creating both a manual and online help for an application,
> which
> >do you create first?
> >
> >I always thought it was easier to create a manual and then base the
> online
> >help on that...but others in my group do it the other way round.
> >
> >Any comments?
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >Aoidin
>
