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Subject:RE: Use of Addendum or other suggestion? From:Darren Barefoot <Darren -dot- Barefoot -at- capeclear -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:06:16 +0100
We've used "Updates and Changes" or possibly "Updates and Corrections". We
rejected "Addenda" and its cousin "Errata" for the reasons you describe.
Thanks. DB.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cindy Parker [mailto:cparker -at- fuse -dot- net]
> Sent: 05 June 2001 17:07
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Use of Addendum or other suggestion?
>
<snip>
>
> How would you title the addendum? I wanted to use "ADDENDUM
> for MAC 8.6 and
> 9.0 Users" or something along those lines. But the problem
> is, our customer
> base is the general public... I don't know if they would
> understand the term
> addendum.
>
> Has anyone else released a one page document such as this for
> the general
> public and how have you titled it? This is a first for me
> (since we tend to
> not make proactive corrections) for use with the general
> public. Addendum
> has worked in the past with Techie manuals I've written.
>
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