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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear esteem colleagues</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Perhaps I am dredging up something that have already been discussed but …</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In the "good old days", user documentation followed this general pattern:</FONT>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How to start the application and open the file</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How to add new data and delete unwanted data</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How to change existing data</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How to print</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How to save the file (including using new filenames)</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How to exit the program</FONT></LI>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am getting my students to create a single web page with an index similar to the topics listed above with links to bookmarks in this one page and using screen dumps.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">And since this user doc is on-screen, it make sense to me to put a button in the spreadsheet that links to this one web page.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Does this sound right?</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But if it is in the spreadsheet then step 1 (start and open file) is not necessary as you can't get to the user doc until you open the file. And if they can open the application, can I assume that the user knows how to exit too making the last step is superfluous?</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Is my reasoning logical?</FONT></B>
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</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">With thanks</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Michael Torsello</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Director of Computing</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">St Margaret's School, Berwick</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ph: (03) 9703 8111</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT>
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<P><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> -- Rudyard Kipling</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT>
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