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From: todd@toolz.UUCP (Todd Merriman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.vms,comp.text,comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Documentation Size
Message-ID: <227@toolz.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 91 22:32:21 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Organization: Software Toolz, Inc., Ball Ground, GA
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My company publishes software development tools for UNIX, VMS, and MSDOS.
We chose to offer the documentation in 8.5x11 format because:

	(1)	A Usenet poll 2 years ago on comp.sys.ibm.pc, 
		comp.unix, and comp.os.vms resulted in responses 2:1 in
		favor of 8.5x11.

	(2)	It is much, much cheaper to produce user manuals
		in 8.5x11 size (in the U.S.).

I want to re-poll the issue and collect the responses via e-mail.
I am not convinced that software publishers are generally concerned about
user's needs and am afraid that most have chosen the PC-size documentation
because of "compatibility" hype.

If you have an opinion, please tell me what you prefer, and I will
summarize in a future posting approx. thirty days from now.  
I will also write letters to various trade journals with the results.

	The choices are (paper sizes):

	______	8.5x11
	______	PC (approx. 5.75x8.5)
	______	A3 (Metric)
	______	A4 (Metric)
	______	Other, please specify ___________

	Platforms used at your site:

	______	Unix
	______	MSDOS
	______	VMS
	______	Other, please specify ________________________

	Region:

	______	U.S.
	______	Europe
	______	Orient
	______	Aus/NZ
	______	Other, please specify ________________________

Thanks for your help.


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