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Subject:Revision Numbers From:"Daniel G. Dresner" <daniel -dot- dresner -at- NCC -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:35:44 +0000
Change bars do not inhibit readability if they are sensibly designed
but . . .
I always worry about people paying to much attention to what has
changed rather than taking the whole text in context.
Change bars helping you to get ISO9000 certification . . . this is a
red herring. ISO 9000 is more about doing what you say you do . . .
if you you'd rather use an amendment record at the start of the
manual then do that and set that as your standard.
Shabbat shalom
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Danny Dresner
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