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Subject:RE: Which came first: the manual or the help? From:barry -dot- kieffer -at- exgate -dot- tek -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:14:34 -0700
Aoidin, this depends on your personal style.
With what I am working on at the time, the online help is the main resource
for information. The manual is a secondary source.
Therefore I work on the OLH first, and the manual second.
To steal a phrase, "Your mileage might vary".
Regards,
Barry Kieffer
Senior Technical Writer
Tektronix, Inc.
* Phone: 503.627.4079
* Email: barry -dot- kieffer -at- tek -dot- com
> >When you're creating both a manual and online help for an application,
> which
> >do you create first?
> >Aoidin
>
