Time to Eliminate Software Product Tutorials?

The software industry is loaded with help manuals and tutorials. It doesn’t matter how complex or easy the product is, a help manual or a tutorial is a must have. Why would someone need a help manual or a tutorial if the product is self-explanatory, obvious, easy to use? In fact why not build applications/products [...]

Why You Should Have User Centric Tutorials for Software Products

When you create tutorials  for a software product, it is very natural to capture the following: Description about the product features All tasks that one can do with each of the product features Steps to complete each of the tasks Most software product tutorials are product feature centric. Here is an example  of a product feature centric tutorial [...]

Writing Instructions is All About Precision!

by ruparajgo | Create your own Cartoon at www.toondoo.com I am sure you might also have faced a situation, where the instruction in the manual misled you or did not help you much. If you are writing a help manual or a tutorial for a product, it is very important that you write precise instructions. Most people [...]