Document checklist

Most documents have:

1) A title page

2) A legal statement if any

3) A revision history

4) Tables of contents, figures, tables

5) Page numbers

6) Headers and/or footers (as guideposts)

Some documents have:

1) An acronym list

2) A glossary

3) An index

4) An explanation of special conventions

5) Signature lines

6) A list of tables and figures

Most documents tell:

1) Who is the audience and for which parts

2) What is the purpose of the document

3) If there are any related documents, who should read them and for what purpose

4) What is in the document

5) How to read it