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Re: Estimation of the number of pages to be written per day
Subject:Re: Estimation of the number of pages to be written per day From:TechComm Dood <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:58:07 -0500
So mostly heresay, correct?
I ask because in every position I've ever held, page count was never
used as a measurement (except when pricing translation or printing).
Sounds like there are no hard metrics to go by.
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:13:49 -0800 (PST), Tony Markos
<ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Based upon what I have read, experienced, and heard
> from other TWs.
>
> Tony Markos
>
> --- TechComm Dood <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > I'm not kidding in that request. How do you know
> > that many or most
> > managers and thus tech writers strive for high page
> > counts based on an
> > old TW saying?
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