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Subject:RE: What would I call this? From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:"'Melissa Girardot'" <books -at- paulding-net -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 31 May 2000 17:00:58 -0400
I have no idea how applicable this manuals are. However, the term "training
manual" works for me.
(Andrew doesn't seem all that bad) ;?P
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Melissa Girardot [SMTP:books -at- paulding-net -dot- com]
>
> At the risk of being flamed or subject to the lampooning of Mr. Plato,
> I have a seriously newbie question.
>
> Some time ago, I found myself writing training manuals concerning the
> mainframe programs I used in my clerical jobs, right down to "press
> this key to get this result".
>
> I'd like to be able to include these manuals on my resume, but I
> honestly don't know what to call them, or whether they would even be
> applicable to any tech writing jobs I might apply for.
