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jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com wrote:> Julie...in all fairness, you asked for example of unique software documentation:> > > Can anyone direct me to some well done, unique examples of software > > documentation? Something outside of the run-of-the-mill PDF guides and > > CHM Helps. Maybe tutorials, well designed UI, etc.> > You didn't ask for task-based user assistance. Task-based user assistance > is only one type of maybe hundreds of possible answers. It was actually wawelsmok -at- o2 -dot- pl who asked for examples of software documentation. Generic Richard responded to wawelsmok's query witha description of his DFD-based documentation, which he though to beunique. Julie didn't get into the thread until she asked how Generic Richard's data flow diagrams can effectively help a user accomplish a particular task.
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