Illustrating Computer Documentation

William Horton

Illustrating Computer Documentation is the first guide for documentation specialists who need to communicate difficult technical information clearly through the use of graphics. Not simply a "how to" book of computer graphics techniques, it is an "idea" book—a conceptual approach to negotiating the difficult mix of words and pictures. Read more below ...

 

Length: 329 pages
File format: Adobe Acrobat PDF 5.0 (packaged as a ZIP file for download)
Size: 8,000 K
Price: $20.00

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With this guide, you'll learn how to produce attractive and clearly illustrated documents. William outlines an array of illustrative techniques used in his own professional consultancy work--from everyday lists and tables, symbols, to the more elaborate challenges of photos, drawings and diagrams, and maps--allowing you to literally mold, shape, and sculpt your ideas .Written by an award-winning veteran of the communications industry, Illustrating Computer Documentation shows you a clear, learn-by-seeing approach to the basics as well as fine points of producing clear and creative graphics for documentation:

This is the course book used in our seminar Visual fluency.

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This book was originally published in 1991 by John Wiley & sons as ISBN 0-471-53845-0.

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