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Subject:Re Yes, a real value, Was Real Value? From:Damien Braniff <dbraniff -at- iss-dsp -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:22:05 +0000
Tim said that all documentation was a matter of trade-off and I can see
his
point of view but it brings me back to a question I asked earlier in the
debate
(may have got lost in the heat!). When creating help and docs from a
single
source what's the trade-off? I've used the same information in manuals
and help
but NEVER the same words - I've always had to re-jig them to a greater
or lesser
degree simply because of the style. To keep them exactly the same
(really
single source?) I would find that either the help wasn't as short and
sharp as I
feel it should be or the manual would be very stilted. Is the is the
trade-off
in this case?
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