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Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 11 Jun 1999 to 12 Jun 1999 (#1999-57)
Subject:Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 11 Jun 1999 to 12 Jun 1999 (#1999-57) From:Cam <camw -at- HOME -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 13 Jun 1999 06:45:42 -0400
> Subject: Re: Writers using own names
> From: Jane Bergen <jbergen1 -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET>
>
> What a great idea. I've done LOTS of screenshots with my own name
> filled in, but then used PaintShop Pro to replace the names with
> generic sounding Leslies, Kims, etc. Now I think I'll leave a few....
> it will save me work but more importantly show prospective employers
> that I not only wrote the manual, but did the screenshots and graphic
> work, too.
>
I will always remember the avionics manuals for the Grumman AO-1AF (for
the U. S. Army). If you look through there, there are samples of formsd
used for various purposes that have the names of all the pople working
with me in them. I became a Captain in a form for zeroing a magnetic
compass. Years later it was fun to see all the names.
