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Subject:RE: Reference books you use the most From:"Beilby, Margaret" <MBeilby -at- ebuilt -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:31:21 -0800
<<List the reference books (maximum of five) that you use most
frequently.>>
1. American Heritage Dictionary
Webster's/Roget's Thesaurus
The Gregg Reference Manual
Chicago Manual of Style
Writing with Precision - Jefferson Bates
<<In one sentence, summarize or list the kind(s) of writing you do. (i.e.
manuals, help systems, marketing, fiction, humor, journalism, weird sig
lines, etc.)>>
2. User guides, online help, programmer's guides, systems maintenance and
operations guides, marketing materials, web content, proposals, software
design documents, user interface design documents, documentation plans,
software requirements documents, use cases, database design documents,
database tuning and configuration, system configuration and installation,
API
and anything else our clients should happen to want.
<<Are you a dog person or a cat person?>>
3. A little of everything. We have, seven cats, two dogs, and six large
parrots.
4. Diet Coke is my drink of choice!
Margaret
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