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Re: Footnotes - acceptable in technical documentation?

Subject: Re: Footnotes - acceptable in technical documentation?
From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "Bruce Megan (ST-CO/MKP3)" <Megan -dot- Bruce -at- us -dot- bosch -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:11:00 -0800

I would just make it a note.

Gene Kim-Eng


On 11/8/2013 8:33 AM, Bruce Megan (ST-CO/MKP3) wrote:

Hello All:

What are you thoughts on footnotes in technical documentation? I have been told that footnotes in technical documentation is forbidden because instructions show the reader how to do something, and footnotes distract the reader from instruction.

Your thoughts?



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