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Well, I'm at the other end of the pole on this one!
To me there are many ways to explain something clearly.
In choosing a way, I want to know as much about the people who will be using
the document as I possible can.
Dianne Driskell
Department of Computer Sciences
Taylor Hall, Room 2.124
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1188
fax: 512 471-8885
phone: 512 471-9595
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Personaly, I've never found "audience awareness" to be useful. If I'm
not clearly explaining the material to begin with, then being aware of
my audience isn't going to help. I am not aware of this audience. I
simply try to communicate.
David (The Man) Blyth
Technical Writer
Alsys (San Diego)
dsb -at- alsys -dot- com
