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> Can anyone cite usability studies about document titles for me?
>
> I'm a tech writer working on three documents: and
> Administrator's Guide, Installation Guide, and release notes for
> the same product.
>
You're readers won't care about the name if what's inside is accurate and
good.
As for usability guidelines - they're like bellybuttons. Everybody has one
and they are all superfluous and smell funny. (Have you ever smelled your
bellybutton - its disgusting.)
For every perceived or real usability violation there is an equal and
opposite guideline. Readability is the most recent nonsense to consume
tech writing in the last few years. Its just a way to make personal
preference seem more "authorative."
The titles are fine.
Andrew Plato
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