The document discusses the importance of user manuals for software applications. It states that while some developers think documentation is unnecessary, successful software products always have well-written documentation. User manuals are important for marketing and allow customers to learn about a product's features and how to use it. The document also lists what user manuals should include, such as comprehensive information about the product, clear instructions, expressive language, and demonstrating the product's advantages.

1. What are Requirements to
User Manuals of
Successful Applications?
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2. Software development, software
testing and successful distribution of
applications is impossible without
numerous documents.
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3. Unfortunately, not all software
producers duly prepare the
documentation. There are
programmers, who think that
working at the documents is a waste
of time, because nobody needs them.
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4. As a matter of fact, all the successful
software products have carefully
written and well thought out
documentation.
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5. Though it is believed that if a product
is intuitive and clear, there is no need
to read the manual, well-written user
manuals considerably increase
chances of a program to be
successful.
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6. Manuals may be rarely utilized by the end-users, but
they are important for marketing purposes, as
customers usually judge about an application based
on its descriptions in the documents such as user
manuals.
For example, Microsoft Corporation always carefully
prepares the user manual for every version of their
products, even for well know ones.
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7. User Manuals Should:
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• give exhaustive information about the product,
its functions and feature;
• give clear and understandable instructions on
how to use the product both for technical and
nontechnical people;
• be written in an expressive language;
• demonstrate advantages of the product.

8. Office in Ukraine
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