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>Gregory Keith ( gkeith -at- delrina -dot- com ) might also add the books by the clever
>Edmund Weiss.
>His _How to Write a Usable User Manual_ was out of print for a while, as the
>original publisher went belly-up. I don't have the latest publication details,
>sorry.
It's published by Oryx. I don't have it in front of me, so I can't
give you their address, but a call to 800 information gave me
800-279-4663 as their toll-free number.
Weiss uses his own approach to structure the book, which demonstrates
its strengths and weaknesses pretty clearly.
-- Robert
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