Documenting a "wizard"

Subject: Documenting a "wizard"
From: Hannah Drake <hannah -at- formulatrix -dot- com>
To: techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 17:47:16 -0400

Hey all,

We are releasing a new wizard that walks a user through a process. The
other person thinks the wizard should be documented for the users. My
argument is it's redundant, because the wizard explains exactly what it is
IN the wizard itself (I know because I wrote the text and helped design the
wizard). I also pointed out that if we have to document the wizard, we
failed at creating a useful wizard.

The only place we currently mention the wizard in documentation is in a
topic that talks about the various ribbon menus and what you can do on each
ribbon, when we say: this button launches the such-and-such wizard.

Thoughts? Am I wrong here?

-Hannah
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