RE: document production basics for consumer product documentation -basics

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

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> Subject: RE: document production basics for consumer product 
> documentation -basics
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> 
> Thanks, but this is not quite what I need.  I am looking for 
> information not on the things an author needs to do to hand 
> off a PDF to a book producer.  I am more interested in the 
> production process and what I might need to do as input to, 
> say, the four-color foldout that will be packed with our 
> product.  The manufacturer is doing some of the work, but I 
> need to know about the production steps so I can estimate 
> times and so I can help my manager decide what to insist that 
> the manufacturer handle.

Who is managing the printing process? That's who should give you any
requirements.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


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