4. SIGDOC 1985: Ithaca, NY, USA

On-Line: Humans and Computers

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

Automatic Systems Documentation Generators

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

Papers

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

Documentation Recognition and Education

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

Networks

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

Language Up [the] Grade

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

The Computer Medium

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

Using Human Language

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

Automatic Documentation with Perspectives

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

Graphics and Text

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

A Different Vision

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