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RE: Is Word Formatting in End-User docs important? (A mini-rant?)
Subject:RE: Is Word Formatting in End-User docs important? (A mini-rant?) From:Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:34:25 -0500
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From: Marguerite Krupp [mailto:mkrupp -at- cisco -dot- com]
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IMHO, the savings come not from "freedom from having to format" your stuff,
but from information reusability, potentially lower translation costs, and
other "meta-stuff" not directly related to things writers fuss about.
< end snip >
To be clear, Bill Hall's original post enumerates these benefits and more. I
am emphasizing that he sees significant savings arising simply from avoiding
format hassles (especially MS Word format hassles).
Jim Shaeffer
jims -at- spsi -dot- com
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