Calculating rewrite of document

[Nadine Underwood <nadine -dot- underwood -at- orchard-systems -dot- co -dot- uk>]

I have been tasked with rewriting existing documentation/on-line help for a
modular application. Does anyone know how I estimate how long this is going
to take me?

I have been to the developers and asked for a screen count for each module,
but they don't how many screens there are! I am loathe to sit and count them
(if I could find them all!!).

I have the existing documents and know how many pages they contain. They
were written between 1998-2001 and the application has grown significantly
since then. Can I use this and apply some sort of formula ?

Please help!

Nadine




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