Ieee 1063 Standar De Deocumentacion De Usuarios

IEEE Std 1063-2001

IEEE Standards

(Revision of IEEE Std 1063-1987)

1063

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IEEE Standard for Software User
Documentation

IEEE Computer Society
Sponsored by the
Software Engineering Standards Committee

Published by
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5997, USA
20 December 2001

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PDF: SS94976IEEE Std 1063-2001
(Revision of
IEEE Std 1063-1987)

IEEE Standard for Software User
Documentation

Sponsor

Software Engineering Standards Committee
of the
IEEE Computer Society
Approved 5 December 2001

IEEE-SA Standards Board

Abstract: Minimum requirements for the structure, information content, and format of user documentation, including both printed and electronic documentsused in the work environment by users
of systems containing software, are provided in this standard.
Keywords: online help, software user documentation, user manual

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