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Subject:Re: What do you call them? From:"L. Burnham O'Donald" <lodonald -at- PRIMENET -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 5 Aug 1997 12:10:30 -0400
Buck Buchanan wrote:
>
> IMO
>
> The word DRAFT is placed on the document only until it is released.
>
I find PRELIMINARY to be a useful label (prominently on the cover as
well as on the inside pages) when it's necessary to issue early copies
of a manual.
Louise O'Donald
lodonald -at- primenet -dot- com
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