TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:RE: Is there a study on reading warnings, notes? From:"Klasovsky, Nick" <nklasovsky -at- nordson -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:36:18 -0500
Ken Poshedly and Al Geist are right. Safety warnings are vital,
necessary, must be highly visible, and must be located in documentation
where needed. I too write manuals for equipment that uses high
temperatures, pressures, and voltages, and has moving parts that can
tear off limbs, rip bodies apart, and kill in an instant. I don't think
we can add enough safety warnings.
Years ago, after one session with our corporate safety director, we
created a manual for a high voltage, high pressure electrostatic spray
gun that would satisfy his demands: One sheet of paper with WARNING: DO
NOT USE THIS EQUIPMENT! IT WILL KILL YOU! in 48pt type flanked by
oversized safety symbols.
Nick Klasovsky
Senior Technical Writer
Industrial Coatings
Nordson Corporation
nklasovsky -at- nordson -dot- com
_____________________________________________________________________________
Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com
This email is intended only for the use of the party to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of the email or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately, by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer.
WARNING: Internet communications are not assured to be secure or clear of inaccuracies as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions that are present in this email, or any attachment, that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission.
_____________________________________________________________________________
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. http://www.doctohelp.com
Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/
---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-
