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Subject:User, User's, Users' Guide From:"Jay J. Mahler" <jay -at- MAHLER -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 29 May 1998 16:19:18 -0400
I prefer User's Guide because we're addressing the individual reading the
guide not an amorphous crowd. I know Adobe doesn't agree with me, but (gag)
Microsoft does. I've also seen other software companies - like Symantec,
Timeslips, and PeachTree - also agree. Of course others, like Corel don't
bother to tell you what it is you're reading, and still others have titles
like: "Using ..."
Jay Mahler
Mahler and Associates
3001 Plymouth Rd., Suite 103
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: (734) 665-0014
Fax: (734) 665-0122
jay -at- mahler -dot- com
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Subject: User, User's, Users' Guide
I know I've seen a million opinions on this thread before. Did we come to
some resoulution? Is it:
User Guide
User's Guide
Users' Guide
If possible, can someone give me a two word recap?
Thanks in advance.
