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Re: Standard Docset for Hardware/Software Products?
Subject:Re: Standard Docset for Hardware/Software Products? From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Heidi <hvonmarkham -at- gmail -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:37:32 -0700 (PDT)
> I'm getting feedback (via the Tech Marketing department) that our
> docset has too many docs and that customers want all the
> information in one or two docs.
Is it possible that their request is hiding a problem that won't be
fixed through their suggested solution?
All you really know is they are having a problem. Too many documents
is probably not the problem. Maybe finding stuff is?
Address the root cause of the problem and chances are, the solution
will be something else.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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