Re: Future "Tutorial and User Guide" direction

2003-08-02 Thread Chris Lyttle
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 17:56, Jon Lapham wrote: > Speaking of the Help and Guide documents... can someone explain what is > the philosophy behind them? > > My understanding of what "help" pages are is to explain what things > specifically do. But, no discussions of "why" or "howto", and no > di

Re: Future "Tutorial and User Guide" direction

2003-08-02 Thread Jon Lapham
Christian Stimming wrote: I would agree with Derek here: One document should suffice for both Personal and Business guide. Okay, okay. I'm convinced. One document it is. :) My point is also that one document instead of two would keep maintenance and translation much easier. Take the "Help" vs

Re: Future "Tutorial and User Guide" direction

2003-08-02 Thread Christian Stimming
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Samstag, 2. August 2003 00:22, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > But seriously, I think except for the specific chapters devoted to > > > the above sections, I see no reason to duplicate the docs. > > > > But, they wouldn't be duplicated, except maybe in name. > > > >

Re: Future "Tutorial and User Guide" direction

2003-08-01 Thread Derek Atkins
Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Also, business users may > > have to pay rent on their office space. > > And should thus be included in the business section, with examples, > etc. Including discussions of possible business tax implications, etc. Fair enough. > > Honestly, I can't thi

Re: Future "Tutorial and User Guide" direction

2003-08-01 Thread Jon Lapham
Derek Atkins wrote: Personal users may still need depreciation. For example, I rent out part of my house so I need to depreciate it. Right, and for this business-esque activity, a personal finance user will have to look in the business section. I'm guessing a huge majority of personal finance

Re: Future "Tutorial and User Guide" direction

2003-08-01 Thread Derek Atkins
Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thinking about Derek's comments on splitting the user guide up: > > Getting Started > Managing your Personal Finances > Managing your Business Finances > Advanced Topics > (you could split Advanced Topics into "Personal" and "Business") > > I propose that