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Subject:Re: help with a description From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"Kari K. Gulbrandsen Andres" <kandres -at- UDel -dot- Edu>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:26:07 -0800 (PST)
> "The Common Name Search is used to retrieves entries
> in the PDF based upon
> their common name. Every entry that contains the
> common name as shown in
> the input textbox is retrieved. Once this initial
> search has been
> conducted and a set of entries has been retrieved,
> the local operators
> (Not, Contains/Exactly) can be used to modify the
> search. The entries that
> are retrieved are dependent on both the common name
> and the choice of the
> local operator."
How about:
"Common Name Search is used to retrieve common names
from a PDF. The first time a PDF is searched, a list
of common names is produced. This list can be modified
using local operators, such as Not, Contains, and
Exactly."
Anything else is superflous and while it may mean
something to you, it doesn't mean anything to the
user...unless I'm missing something.
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John Posada, Merck Research Laboratories
Sr Technical Writer, WinHelp and html
(work) john_posada -at- merck -dot- com - 732-594-0873
(pers) jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com - 732-291-7811
"When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."
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