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Technical documents designed to fit the beginner: a recursive process
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Proceedings of the 16th annual international conference on Computer documentation table of contents
Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Pages: 93 - 97  
Year of Publication: 1998
ISBN:1-58113-004-X
Author
Monica Younger  University of Colorado at Denver Computing, Information, and Network Services
Sponsor
SIGDOC: ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communications
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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REFERENCES

Note: OCR errors may be found in this Reference List extracted from the full text article. ACM has opted to expose the complete List rather than only correct and linked references.

 
1
Karen A. Schriver, Dynamics in document design: creating text for readers, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1997
 
2
Huckin, T. 1983. "A Cognitive_Approach to Readablity." New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication: Research, Theory, and Practice, ed. P. V. Anderson, R. J. Brockman, C. R. Miller, 90-108. Farmingdale, NY: Baywood Publishing.
 
3
Norman, D. (1990) The Design of Everyday Things. New York: Doubleday.
 
4
Ben Shneiderman, Designing the user interface (2nd ed.): strategies for effective human-computer interaction, Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1992
 
5
Edward R. Tufte, The visual display of quantitative information, Graphics Press, Cheshire, CT, 1986
 
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Robin Williams, The non-designer's design book: design and typographic principles for the visual novice, Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, 1994

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.7 Distribution, Maintenance, and Enhancement
          Subjects: Documentation

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: Training, help, and documentation


General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Human Factors, Performance


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