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Subject:Re: orientation in description From:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:03:08 -0400
Yep. I question the usefulness of instructions about replacing a brake
light on the car written from the headlight-facing POV.
1. Orient the reader.
2. Instruct.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:34 PM, <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> I prefer to use the POV the reader is most likely to have in actual use. On a workbench, that's usually facing the panel in question directly, but in an actual installation one might easily be looking at it over the top, upside-down. Field service can be fun that way...
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
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