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Subject:Re: Don't "Should" on Me! From:Heli Roosild <HeliR -at- MSMAILHQ -dot- NETIMAGE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 3 Jun 1994 09:16:00 PDT
Dan, et al.--
I understand the point about treating the reader as a competent adult. But
how do you express prerequisites and requirements without using "must" or
its synonyms? For example, how do you tell users that they must have system
administrator privileges to perform an operation?
--Heli
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