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Re: MS Manual of Style, 3rd edition, is available - clarification
Subject:Re: MS Manual of Style, 3rd edition, is available - clarification From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Nov 2002 07:25:22 -0700
Jean wrote:
> Addendum and correction to my previous note. It's the third _version_, not
> edition, of the manual, which means it may be the latest, but it's not new.
> The file date in 1998. I'm now assuming it's the CHM that is distributed on
> the CD that came with the printed version of the second edition of the manual.
...
> Sorry about the misleading post yesterday. I should have taken the time to
> verify what was there, instead of just passing along a message from someone
> else.
Hey, it's still terrific that you posted this, now that the hardcopy
version has become so hard to find. It's an industry standard, and very
useful for anybody documenting Windows-style products.
And it's FREE?!? Wow - this must be part of some evil plot to dominate the
high-stakes world of technical style guides....<g>
Keith Cronin
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