4. SIGDOC 1985: Ithaca, NY, USA

SIGDOC '85. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Systems Documentation, June 18-21, 1985, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. ACM, 1985

On-Line: Humans and Computers

Charles Wiecha, Max Henrion:
Separating Content from Form: A Language for Formatting On-Line Documentation and Dialog. 1-7
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John B. McKee:
Computer User Manuals in Print: Do They Have a Future? 8-14
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Automatic Systems Documentation Generators

Richard H. Smith:
ADL - A Documentation Language. 15-17
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Miheko L. Ouchi:
Software Maintenance Documentation. 18-23
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E. David Callender, Yuzo Yamamoto, D. B. Childs, A. M. Farney:
Documentation Generation from a PSA Database. 24-33
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Peter E. Schilling, John T. Wizzard:
Evolution of Program Documentation Through a Long-Term Project. 34-43
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Papers

Michael P. Barnett:
BASIC and DOS Jobstreams in IBM PC Software Documentation. 44-54
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Ann Solem:
Designing Computer Documentation that Will be Used: Understanding Computer User Attitudes. 55-56
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Paula Angerstein:
Better Quality Through Better Indexing. 57-60
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Documentation Recognition and Education

Diana Patterson, Chris Hallgren:
Documentation's Recognition Problem: What Can We Do About It? 61-61
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Gregory R. McArthur:
If Writers Can't Program and Programmers Can't Write, Who's Writing User Documentation? 62-70
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Networks

Steven Worona:
An Informal Overview of CUINFO (Cornell's Computer-Based Bulletin Board). 71-77
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Nathaniel S. Borenstein:
Help Texts vs. Help Mechanisms: A New Mandate for Documentation Writers. 78-83
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Language Up [the] Grade

Russell L. Kahn:
Improving Systems Documentation Using an Online Copy Editor. 84-87
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Richard M. Chisholm:
New Metaphors for Understanding the New Machines. 88-96
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The Computer Medium

John A. Cross:
A Paperless Environment for Group Effort in Documentation Development. 97-101
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Pm. Weizenbaum:
Creating a Campus On-Line News System. 102-107
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Using Human Language

Chris Hallgren:
Factors Affecting Readability. 108-109
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Paul S. Burdett Jr.:
Documentation: Effective AND Literate. 110-113
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John R. Talburt:
The Flesch Index: An Easily Programmable Readability Analysis Algorithm. 114-122
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Automatic Documentation with Perspectives

Gary Perlman:
Multilingual Programming: Coordinating Programs, User Interfaces, On-Line Help and Documentation. 123-129
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Diana Patterson:
The Impact of Technology on Publishing Through the Ages to You. 130-133
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Graphics and Text

Judi Cleary:
Merging Text and Graphics. 134-138
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Sandra B. Smith:
Dynamic Screens and Static Paper. 139-145
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A Different Vision

Roger Segelken:
A Case History of a Computer Media Event - Introducing a Supercomputer Center. 146-160
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Karen E. Andrésen:
From Pencils and Paste-Ups to VDTs and the Integrated Page: Some Thoughts on the State-of-the-Art. 161-164
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