Minimalism favors short, task-oriented content over long, narrative material. Often based upon minimalist theory, the 'Plain language' movement seeks to present information in a way that makes it as easy as possible for people to understand, most often by removing unnecessary complexity and specialized terminology from documents.
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Keep It Simple: Streamline Your Documentation to Make it More Effective
Are we giving users the help they need, in the way they need it? Go minimal.
Nesbitt, Scott. SlideShare (2009). Presentations>Documentation>Minimalism
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Is less always more? I’m not sure. But if Apple’s minimalistic designs are any indicator of trends, minimalism in documentation is something to pay attention to. Here are five ideas for minimizing documentation.
Johnson, Tom H. I'd Rather Be Writing (2009). Articles>Documentation>Technical Writing>Minimalism
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With in excess of ten years front line authoring experience and many more producing training documentation, I have a passion for language, its use and its odities. I was an Account Manager for a computer bureau providing a service to the advertising industry prior to taking the plunge into technical authoring. A large part of this was the production of technical training material for the ad-hoc customer training and classroom led courses held in the company’s training suite.
McAndrew, Colum. RoboColum(n), The (2009). Articles>Documentation>Help>Minimalism
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Minimal Procedure Content: Reasoning 
The procedure I wrote about creating a Twitter list uses abbreviated content. This post describes the reasoning behind and decisions made in writing the topic.
2moroDocs (2009). Articles>Documentation>Technical Writing>Minimalism
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Quick-Start Guides Require a Minimalist Mindset
The point of a quick-start guide is, as the name says, to help the users get on their feet as fast as possible. This requires the writer to ask, “What is the absolute minimum that someone needs in order to get started?” The next best question is “What is the user going to do the most often?”
Minson, Benjamin. Gryphon Mountain (2008). Articles>Documentation>Technical Writing>Minimalism
