Re: Do we need to document all UI elements?

Subject: Re: Do we need to document all UI elements?
From: "Caroline Tabach" <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: mallikarjuna999 -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- in
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:28:24 +0300

Best technical writing answer is:
it depends!
This question has come up a few times, I suggest searching the archives.
Apart from that, you have to ask.
What sort of document are you writing and who is your audience.

In general, you should provide the user with the amount of information that
they need in order to get the job done.
So you should ask.
Who is this book for?
Then
What do they want to do with the software?
Then
What information do I need to provide so they can do this.

On 6/25/08, mallikarjuna prasad <mallikarjuna999 -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- in> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Do we need to document all UI elements?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
> --
> Caroline Tabach
> Technical Writer
> e-mail: caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com
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