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> -----Original Message-----
> From: eric.dunn
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:19 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Paragraph numbering - industry standard?
>
Hi Eric,
First, you said:
> Know what? Firstly, as a technical writer it's not really our
> place to "see the point". We have to give the
> customer/audience what they want...
Later, you said:
> ... I think unnumbered docs are unwieldy to use and produced by
> people putting style over substance, too lazy or incompetent to
> number, or who don't want their organizational failures to be
> made clear by numbering.
Isn't it possible that unnumbered docs, like numbered docs, are produced
by TWs who are "giving the customer/audience what they want"? Doesn't
sound like laziness or incompetence to me. Sounds like different
products for different customers, according to what they want.
Regards,
Dan Goldstein
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