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# Documentation

Documentation Standards

Documentation is an essential component of OSAS, providing assistance to and serving as a reference for users. This documentation includes user guides, manual supplements, and help text. To generate strong user documentation, follow the OSAS standards.

OSAS user guides are written in Adobe FrameMaker, and the graphics they contain are captured with Jasc Paint Shop Pro. To achieve the same look for your documentation, model your documentation's formatting on current OSAS user manuals.

Organization

The OPEN SYSTEMS Accounting Software user’s manuals are reference manuals. They are divided into four parts:

- “Introduction” introduces the user to OSAS, the application, and OSAS and manual conventions.
- “Setting Up” tells the user how to prepare for using and maintaining the system.
- “Functional Reference” explains the features and uses of all the screens, windows, and processes in the application.
- “References” contains appendixes that cover such topics as conversion, system messages, file descriptions, function keys, other commands.