atw: Re: Vale technical writing?
- From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:52:49 -0500
As every tech writer knows, people don't want the document in Word just to read
it. People want the document in Word so they can edit it in Word, which is the
editing software of choice for the vast majority of our colleagues and
customers.
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Self
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 7:14 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Vale technical writing?
I think I am in almost total agreement with what you've written. Handcrafting
requires lots of effort to produce the fancy stuff. Automation does not. That's
the efficiency that I am talking about... better products with less effort.
Where I might disagree is where you say your boss in Houston wants the report
in Word. He might also want it in a format he can read on his eBook or iPad or
mobile phone while on a plane or on the toilet.
It's interesting that you mention SOPs, because in my actual talk (not the
version that Geoffrey divined from the synopsis) I do spend some time talking
about the role of standards.
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