Chapter 13 Note

Though I find instructions a quite mundane topic, one thing that I always find fascinating is how legally a fault in the instructions/warnings/procedures are treated the same as a fault in the product. It is up to the manufacturer of a product to properly warn a user of all possible dangers to the product, the environment, to themselves or others. Leaving these things out will not only put the user at risk, but bring to life the possibility of being sued over any such incidents. Bad publicity, lawsuits, and money are probably the biggest motivators in technical writing being so important for companies. Besides that it was nice to see some typical formats for instruction sets, templates seem to be more effective for me than just descriptions of how to write.