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Subject:Re: Format Advice From:Tom Herme <hermet -at- DNINEVADA -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 Oct 1998 13:24:58 -0700
I would highly recommend Dynamics in Document Design by Karen A. Schriver (ISBN
0471-30636-3, John Wiley & Sons, publishers).
This is the most highly researched-based book on designing manuals and related
materials that I've ever read.
For what it's worth.
Tom
Dennis Crowley wrote:
> All,
>
> I am about to began the process of determining a format for our user guides.
> They are paper documents on 8.5 x 11 standard paper. There are basically two
> schools of thought.
>
> One group of writers wants to use a format that "looks good" but has no
> basis in instructional design (very grey pages, large bold headers, all
> sans-serif fonts, etc.).
>
> The other group leans more to the IMI school of thought (lots of white
> space, labeling, chunking, accessible graphics, etc.).
>
> I would like to ask the list what elements they feel are important to
> include in the format and why.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dennis
>
> From ??? -at- ??? Sun Jan 00 00:00:00 0000==
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Tom Herme
Senior Technical Writer
DNI Nevada, Inc. mailto://hermet -at- dninevada -dot- com
