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Subject:Re: Which is first: online or paper? From:WandaJane Phillips <wandajp -at- ANDYNE -dot- ON -dot- CA> Date:Mon, 4 Mar 1996 09:12:15 -0500
Jane Bergen wrote:
> Just curious.... how many of you who write both online and paper docs
> for the same software start with online, then develop paper? How many
> begin with paper? I've seen some interesting messages lately thatWe don't use the same information in both places, so we start the docs
simultaneously. We write a paper-based tutorial, put the task and some
interface reference online, provide paper-based reference for *power*
users.
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> Jane Bergen Technical Writer
> janeb -at- answersoft -dot- com or janeb -at- airmail -dot- net
> "The difference between the right word and the almost right word
> is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug"
> (Mark Twain)
> ............................................................................
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