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Well, okay, this looks like the ideal solution -- provide ONE discussion
of the subject of error conditions that applies to the whole manual.
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From: "Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
> From: Dan Goldstein
> Descriptions of expected results are specific; responses to unexpected
> results can be generic.
Good rule. I also think that there is a general assumption that if an
application does not perform as expected, then users would have a
general
error resolution policy that does not need to be accounted for with
every
procedure or set of procedures, but could be accounted for in an error
resolution document of some sort.
Lauren
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