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Subject:RE: Software Text Incorrect From:Kelly Werner <kwerner -at- eaglesoft -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:18:47 -0600
John Garison writes
"IMHO, a misspelling is a bug, and I don't document bugs. I would correct it
in the documentation."
However, if the software is not to be corrected, I would make the
documentation match the program. In the end it would be YOU ( the
documentation ) that looked incorrect to the end user. Having 'done time' on
help desk, I can assure you that the end user notices mismatched words more
often than misspelled or misused words.
Cheers,
Kelly Werner
Technical Writer
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