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On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Gordon McLean <
Gordon -dot- McLean -at- grahamtechnology -dot- com> wrote:
> Which prompts me to ponder why the other types aren't titled:
>
> Using [product name]
> Developing with/on/for ...
>
> In other words, if an Installation Guide is focussed on the task of
> installing a product, why aren't the others focussed on the tasks of
> using,
> developing, maintaining, administering... etc.
>
> G
>
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> om] On Behalf Of Bonnie Granat
> Sent: 12 February 2008 21:51
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> Subject: RE: "Developers Guide", "Developers' Guide", or "Developer's
> Guide"
>
> Ain't nobody called an installer. ; ) No need for parallelism here.
>
> Bonnie Granat
>http://www.GranatEdit.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joyce Fetterman [mailto:Joycef -at- gtsoftware -dot- com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:45 PM
> > To: Andrew McFarland; Bonnie Granat
> > Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: RE: "Developers Guide", "Developers' Guide", or "Developer's
> > Guide"
> >
> > Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> wrote:
> > > Many organizations use the following:
> > >
> > > - User Guide
> > > - Developer Guide
> > > - Installation Guide
> > > - Administrator Guide
> >
> >
> > Andrew McFarland replied:
> > <<I like this convention, which I'll adopt across our documentation
> > range.>>
> >
> >
> > If it's User Guide and Administrator Guide, then doesn't it follow to
> > have Installer Guide rather than Installation Guide?
>
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