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F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template. 1999
Last Update: August, 18, 1999

15 Documentation
1. Reference manual
2. Tutorial
3. Context-sensitive Help screens
4. Error messages
Pr: 1 Users' Guide in English, bound, TOC, index; not an alphabetic nor systematic reference manual. Complete, precise, clear, reliable (does not solve difficult tasks);
2: Tutorial: Guided tour" chap. 4. + on-line help. Shorter manual only for read-only Data distributor version;
3 yes but not really contextual; MS-Windows like cannot be integrated, contains less info than the Guide;
4 not enough
En: 1 Users' Guide in English, bound, TOC, index; not an alphabetic nor systematic reference manual. Very complete, precise, clear, reliable, honest;
2: chap. 2. "Guided Tour";
3 yes but not contextual, Windows-like cannot be integrated;
4 not enough
RM: 1 Users' Guide in English, bound, TOC, index; not an alphabetic nor systematic reference manual. Could be more precise and complete: does not solve difficult tasks, hides some important details, does not include Import File editor;
2 "Guided Tour" on CD and in the online help file;
3 incomplete;
4 not enough
 

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F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template. 1999
Last Update: August, 18, 1999
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