Re: Chattiness in manuals

Subject: Re: Chattiness in manuals
From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Sarah Bouchier <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:15:47 -0700 (PDT)

> How would you react to a manual that said, "The installation
> of this component may take several minutes. This would be a
> good time to go and get a cup of tea"?

I'd get a cup of tea, or coffee, or whatever.

Guys...I've seen your responses to this already...lighten up. It's
only a software installation document.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

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