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Second, I don't know. Maybe it's an immature streak in me, but I
have, on occasion, gone out of my way to put at least one
"intentionally blank" page into a printed document. Somehow, they
just don't seem complete without one. And they are easy enough to
slip in when the project is a procedure manual for a smaller client.
Subject: OT: (almost) Blank Pages
From: jgarison -at- ide -dot- com
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:47:51 -0500
X-Message-Number: 61
I got this recently from a source I can't find. But it was fun and
addressed
a subject that always baffled me with its flagrant incorrectness.
Rather than repeating "This page intentionally left blank," whoever
wrote
the
"Lunar-Mars Life Support Test Project: Phase III Final Report" got
creative:
* The relative blankness of this page in no way diminishes its
usefulness in
the report.
* Blank page prevention words.
* With these words, this page is no longer blank but is complete.
* This sentence lets you know this page was not a mistake.
* This almost blank page was intentional.
* This page intentionally left unblank.
* Despite these words, this page is blank.
* Without this mostly blank page, the following text would be on the
wrong
side of the paper.
So ... for those of you still doing print manuals - what DO you do in
this
case?
John Fleming
Technical Writer
Edmonton, Alberta
email: johnf -at- ecn -dot- ab -dot- ca
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