Documentation Designer Tips and Trips Don Kranz: Coad-Certified Mentor

Welcome A software project’s primary goal is the production of frequent, tangible, working systems. It is important to make sure that ALL of the team (Managers, Marketing, Sales, Users(production), Analysts, and Developers) know what are the goals, how they are getting there, and what to do once they've arrived. That is the reason documentation is core to a project's success. Introductions

Documentation Designer

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Exercise 1 Build a summary introductory table that allows navigation to more detailed information.

Sample Project

Create New Report Template

New Report Template (.tpl)

File | Save As …

Set up Summary Table

Add Columns to Summary

Add Columns to Summary (2)

Insert A Formula

Test the Report

Initial Table Summary

Clean up the Format

Clean up the Format (2)

Clean up the Format (3)

Clean up the Format (4)

Fix Formula Bug

Test Report Again

Add the Detail Section Heading

Add the Details

Test Report Again

Hyperlink Summary to Detail

Hyperlink Detail back to Summary

Run Report

Run Report

Run Report

Run Report