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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>very logical - that's what i
did.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>litsa</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=michael@stmargarets.vic.edu.au
href="mailto:michael@stmargarets.vic.edu.au">Michael Torsello (Mr)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:23
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] On-screen user
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear esteem colleagues</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps I am dredging up something that have
already been discussed but …</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the "good old days", user documentation followed
this general pattern:</FONT> </P>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>How to start the application and open the
file</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>How to add new data and delete unwanted
data</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>How to change existing data</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>How to print</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>How to save the file (including using new
filenames)</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>How to exit the program</FONT> <BR></LI></UL>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 face=Arial size=2>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 face=Arial size=2>Does this sound right?</FONT></B> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 face=Arial size=2>Is my reasoning logical?</FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT
face=Arial size=2>----------------------------------</FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial><BR></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>With thanks</FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial><BR></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael
Torsello</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Director of Computing</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial size=2>St Margaret's School, Berwick</FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial><BR></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ph: (03) 9703
8111</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></P>
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never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.</FONT></I><FONT face=Arial
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