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Eric Haddock <eric -at- engagenet -dot- com> wrote:
>What do you call your manuals?
>I've heard:
> Users Manual
> Operations Manual
> Technical Overview
> Product Bulletin
> Instruction Bulletin
> Users Guide
> and Instruction Manual
>We're looking to change what we call ours from "instruction bulletin"
>because some customers have asked us whether or not what they had was
>the manual or some kind of preliminary document.
>Have you had any difficulties with your name for documents?
Yes. I can't decide which of the following is best.
New Users' Guide
New User's Guide
New Users Guide
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