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Re: New Chapter On Right/Leave Left Page Blank -Reply
Subject:Re: New Chapter On Right/Leave Left Page Blank -Reply From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Thu, 27 May 1999 07:00:14 -0700
Good point about the home appliance and home electronics manuals. I'd be
upset if I didn't get them. However, I don't think any of those come in
binders (which was the primary point of my post).
Bev
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nora Merhar [SMTP:nmerhar -at- charlesindustries -dot- com]
> "Parks, Beverly" wrote:
> > I agree. But that's the only valid justification I've heard so far.
> > Distribution of documentation in binders also seems to be a fading
> method of
> > publishing, though I'm sure there are some industries that still use it
> > heavily, such as heavy machinery or something. Heck, hard copy
> documentation
> > - period - is a fading method of publishing!
>
> Maybe in your field, but the TELCO documentation I write has to be printed
> out
> at some point--otherwise the people out in the field installing the
> pedlocks,
> remote terminals, etc. wouldn't be able to use it! And it's most logical
> to
> package the document with the product so it will be there when it's
> needed. That
> means paper for us. ...
>
> I think of it like the manual for my VCR or my T.V. I may not need it
> ever, but
> I'd be angry if it wasn't there.
>