ID Project Vision

The automated feature project detailed here is an added functionality to Microsoft Office 2013. While this software package is used in both the home and office, the primary user for each feature is as follows:




 * 1) Voice Recognition- office user (for example, those creating long documents, or doing transcription).
 * 2) Voice Formatting - office users (for example, those wanting to create new formats, or apply set formats to company documents).
 * 3) Automated Glossary - home and office users (for example, university science students creating long essays filled with technical terms, or technical writers creating user manuals).
 * 4) Sharing Documents on Facebook - home users (for example, casual writers sharing short stories with friends).

Whether in the home or office, users are busy and require efficient help to be available through the software application. Microsoft Office currently provides an HTML online help tool accessible from every screen. Users will require an updated help tool written by the documentation team that includes help for the four new features as well as any small additional or updated information required due to the bug fixes (e.g. ability to make hyperlinks any colour). This will allow the user to learn about the new features with minimal time taken away from their busy day.



The tool will retain the current Microsoft online help design and style. As we will be using DITA to create our documentation, we will also be producing documents in paper format, PDF format, and adding all of our new writing to the Microsoft online help forums.



All help documentation will be task-oriented and include content based on use cases. It will contain step-by-step instructions, examples of how to use each feature, as well as different options available to the user within the features. During this segment of the project, documents will need to be translated into French, German, Spanish, and Italian. This will be done by a translation company contracted by Microsoft.