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Subject:Re: 10 Things All Technical Writers Should Do From:Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:51:52 -0800 (PST)
That is one peice of a larger pie. Just knowing tasks or workflow is not the
same as understanding the content.
If you want people to read your work, you have to be an authority.
Andrew Plato
--- Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Andrew:
>
> The major thing that a Technical Writer is to do is to
> come up with a detailed, comprehensive understanding
> of the essential end-user tasks and how all those
> tasks interrelate. Special emphasis is to be placed
> upon the interrelationships.
>
> Tony Markos
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