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From: mm@praxis.co.uk (Michael Mannion)
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Subject: Designing Online Documents
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Date: 14 Nov 90 16:41:48 GMT
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Having just scanned thru `Designing & Writing Online Documentation' by W.Horton
can anyone offer some thoughts or share their experience on the
following:

1. Given a large paper technical reference manual which is suited to
beig online and which is already word-processed, is it better to start
from scratch and re-design the document into hypertext format or would
it be better to take what exists and `mould' it into hypertext format?

2. If we can make the distinction between the hypertext `design' and
its subsequent `implementation' how can we describe the design so that
it could be formally reviewed.

3. Does anyone have a feel for how long it takes to put a paper
document, book online?

4. Does anyone have any experience of  hypertext design teams working
on the same document and could offer useful advice?

Thanks in advance

Mike Mannion