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In 2003, the United States exported nearly $720 billion in goods. Businesses that trade in the global market have a legal and ethical duty to make their products reasonably safe, and technical communicators who write the documentation for those products have a legal and ethical duty to protect international consumers by writing adequate instructions. Writing documentation for products that will be distributed internationally requires not only the ability to communicate clearly, but also awareness of the relevant product liability laws, the cultural variables, and the expectations of international audiences. This article first argues that devoting company resources to produce adequate instructions for international users is both practical and ethical, then provides a brief overview of the consumer protection measures that the top U.S. trade partners have implemented, and finally presents guidelines for developing adequate instructions for international audiences.

Minimalist documentation can play a valuable role in assisting computer users with using their computer effectively. Such documentation does not describe computer functions apart from real tasks, and provides a menu of practical tasks that demonstrate as many of the software's functions as possible. In the minimalist model, conceptual information cannot be transferred without involving the concrete imagery of anticipated experience and difficulties of experience that are solved by the concepts.

Trevor and Sue Habeshaw are the authors of a series of teaching manuals designed to help lecturers in higher education. Their books, entitled '53 Ways to Teach', have been popular since the 1980s.