Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer (O'ReillyNet)

Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer (O'ReillyNet)

Posted Sep 9, 2004 1:58 UTC (Thu) by roelofs (subscriber, #2599)
In reply to: Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer (O'ReillyNet) by cpm
Parent article: Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer (O'ReillyNet)

Being able to outline the page, insert the graphics/illustrations/figures and captions, see how the footnotes are going to land have a HUGE impact on being able to generate a treatment that the intended audience is going to actually READ. [...] I hardly ever read included docs beyond any notes about building and config switches, and go straight to the store for the O'Reilly manual.

Hmmmm...I wrote my O'Reilly manual in troff using vi. Granted, the final layout and so forth was done by a real editor, but the "technical" and "writing" parts of the technical writing happened without any particular concern for page outlines, footnotes, locations of figures, and whatnot.

But maybe that's just me. [ObBayLink reference]

Greg

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