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Subject:Re: User Guide or User's Guide? and video From:Maggie_Secara -at- capgroup -dot- com Date:Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:06:13 -0700
I no longer use either option. My titles are things like "Using <our
proprietary software>", "Disaster Recovery Guide", and "Performance Testing
Handbook", "<Our Software> for Administrators". No spare letters, no pesky
punctuation.
Maggie
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from "egalite" <egalite -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au>
> Well, as the subject line indicates, I've never been able to figure out
if
> it should be User Guide or User's Guide? What do you think?
>
> Personally, I'd lean towards User Guide, because I dislike typing extra
> letters (especially punctuation). However, I see both being used, but I
was
> taught to use User's Guide.
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