Re: complex conditional steps

[steve <steve -at- SOFTLINESYSTEMS -dot- COM>]

Here's how I would do it.

1. Click the Medical Record Selection box. One of three things may occur:
    IF nothing happens, press <Tab> or <Return>. One of two things may
occur:
    IF the Patient Enquiry screen is displayed, select Visit. The Patient
Header screen is displayed.
    The Patient Header screen is displayed.

Inverting the options and nesting them makes for a cleaner procedure.
Bulleting is optional.

Regards,
Steven Ward              Email:   steve -at- softlinesystems -dot- com
Technical Writer         Phone:  (604) 266-1995
Softline Systems Inc.  Fax: (604) 266-1949
850-1200 West 73rd Ave. Vancouver, B.C.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Portonova <kim_portonova -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 11:14 AM
Subject: complex conditional steps


>I am documenting a quick reference guide for our patient accounting,
>medical records, and patient registration system.  The interface is
>clunky, and the procedures have many complex variables.
>
>For example, if the user wants to select a patient using the Medical
>Record Selection box, these things may happen:
>
>     1. The Patient Header screen may automatically appear.
>                                  OR
>
>     2. The Patient Enquiry screen may automatically appear.
>(The user must then select a visit and the Patient Header
>screen appears).
>
>                                  OR
>
>      3. Nothing happens.  The user must press <Tab> or
><Return>.
>                                 THEN
>                  a. The Patient Header screen appears.
>                                OR
>                  b. The Patient Enquiry screen appears. (As above,
>the user must select a visit, and the Patient
>Header screen appears.)
>
>The user needs to get to the Patient Header screen to begin the
>Registration function.
>
>I've checked the archives, but the suggestion to put all of these
>variables into a bullet list doesn't work well for me because this
>information seems too dense for bullets. There also seems to be too many
>hierarchal conditions for a bullet list.
>
>Any suggestions?  Our users are registration staff, most of whom are
>comfortable with computers, but do not think of themselves as
>proficient.
>
>TIA
>Kim Forbes
>Technical Writer
>Boston, MA
>forbes_k -at- a1 -dot- tch -dot- harvard -dot- edu
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