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Subject:RE: Best technical writing of the season From:"Char James-Tanny" <CharJT -at- helpstuff -dot- com> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:05:19 -0500
We got my son a new HP digital camera for Christmas. I've read the manual
cover-to-cover, still have problems figuring out how to change settings, and
darned if I can find out just how many pictures he can store in memory or on
a 32Mb card!
I'll take Legos any day ;-)
Char
> My 5-yr old nephew received a Lego kit for a race car. The
> instruction
> booklet was beautiful! Each page was devoted to one step.
> Each step was
> clearly illustrated with a large, detailed, color graphic. No
> words, just
> a graphic showing what parts went where. He followed the
> steps easily --
> all I had to do was hold the assembly in place while he added
> the pieces.
>
> (The folding instructions for my kids' pop-up play tent,
> however, have me
> baffled!)