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Subject:Re: SURVEY. From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- EXPERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:52:55 -0800
At 04:03 PM 3/26/96 GMT, Bernard A. McCann wrote:
>It seems that this group is now read by a good number of technical writers
>from around the world and, being an ideal forum for useful surveys, I
>wonder if you could spare a few moments of your time to help me arrive at
>a reasonable answer to a nagging question; what type of application
>program do technical writers use for their word processing? (Assuming, in
>this case, that you don't produce graphic art or desktop publishing, etc -
>only write).
>The definition of "frequent use" means on a regular basis, ie if you used
>Interleaf last year, don't use it now, but think that you'll be able to
>use it again next year, your X should still be placed undo "NO".
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> Please type an X under the "YES" or "NO" columns.
> YES YES NO
> (Advanced level) (Word processing only)
>I make frequent use of:
>1. MS Word, or similar: x
>2. Interleaf, or similar: x
>(FrameMaker)
>3. SGML: x
>The results will be posted here as soon as a reasonable number of replies
>have been e-mailed to me. Confidentiality will be respected.
>Many thanks, in anticipation.
>Bernie
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