Reasons to Structure

[Fred Wersan]

All the reasons to use structured FrameMaker that people have submitted 
focus on the net benefits, which is probably the main reason why you 
would do this. However, here's a complementary take on it. As a lone 
writer, I did all the work to write an EDD and convert my unstructured 
doc to structured format. I continue to update the EDD to this day. 
Although occasionally frustrating, I got a great sense of accomplishment 
from the initial work, and continue to enjoy coming up with ways to 
improve how I manage my documents.

If you enjoy the "tech" in tech writer and like working on the tools 
that make your day-to-day job easier, it's a lot of fun.

(Going structured also lets you take advantage of some of the great 
tools that Russ Ward has written.)

Fred
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Fred Wersan
Senior Technical Writer
MAK Technologies
68 Moulton St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
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