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Software Manual Technical Writing Agreement

--------------------- referred to as PROGRAMMER, and ----------------------, referred to as WRITER, agree:

PROGRAMMER has authored a program entitled ______________________, and WRITER shall prepare manuals and other documentation for the same under the terms and conditions stated herein.

On or before _____________, 20 __, PROGRAMMER shall provide a copy of _____________________ to PROGRAMMER. Said program shall be substantially complete, that is, that the program shall perform all its major functions intended to be and shall be free from major defects. Some of the functions may be linked to stub files. However, PROGRAMMER shall provide at the earliest opportunity functional code for such stubbed versions. In the event that the program is not timely delivered or there are major defects in the same, the time for the completion of the manual shall be extended accordingly.

In the event of a substantial redesign, including the addition of major new functions, or any re-design of the end user interface, WRITER shall be entitled to reasonable additional compensation to be negotiated by the parties in good faith. Substantial re-design shall include but be limited to:

change in operating system of the program, such as from MS-DOS to Windows;

addition of major functions which comprise an addition of 20% or more of the total original components;

re-coding which comprises 25% of more of the source code modules.

In the event that the WRITER discovers any programming inconsistencies (bugs) WRITER shall immediately inform PROGRAMMER of the same.

WRITER shall prepare a manual suitable for use by end users, of approximately TEN THOUSAND words.

WRITER shall provide FIFTY charts and TWO HUNDRED illustrations. The illustrations shall be black and white camera ready art.

WRITER shall provide a quick reference card detailing the basic program functions suitable for use by users needing command sequences or other information for the elementary use of the major functions of the program.

WRITER shall receive credit in the final distributed version of the manuals and other materials as the author.

WRITER shall deliver the manual and other materials provided for herein on or before [Date], unless extended as is provided herein. Time is of the essence in this contract.

WRITER shall provide in addition to printed copies, a cd-rom of the manual and other contents in ASCII or any other...

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