Why Technical Writers Should Love Microsoft's Inductive User Interface
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Carlson, Janice L.
Carlson Online Design
2001

Abstract:

In early 2001, Microsoft issued a technical article describing their Inductive User Interface guidelines. The guidelines should be of keen interest to all technical writers involved with documenting software applications. After a summary of the guidelines, I'll explain why.