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Subject:RE: What comes after Appendix Z From:<Joyce -dot- Fetterman -at- L-3com -dot- com> To:<jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:45:01 +0000
You canât imagine it? Try to imagine that your customer says 28 appendices is what they want and they wonât consider other options. Then try to imagine the consequences of refusing to do what the check-signing customer requires and what your review-writing manager wants you to give the check-signers.
Accepting the decisions of those who write the checks doesnât make me a poor tech writer or a meek one. If you have the power to walk away from decisions you donât like, congratulations. I have bills to pay and an employer I choose to satisfy.
From: John Posada [mailto:jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 10:24 AM
To: Fetterman, Joyce @ PRG - DISPLAYS
Cc: Tech Writers
Subject: Re: What comes after Appendix Z
More than 26 appends? Can't imagine it. I start rewriting when it goes over 5
On Jul 20, 2015 7:08 PM, <Joyce -dot- Fetterman -at- l-3com -dot- com<mailto:Joyce -dot- Fetterman -at- l-3com -dot- com>> wrote:
After many years as a tech writer, for the first time I have a document with more than 26 appendices. How do you identify appendices after Appendix Z? My first inclination is to use Appendix AA, but figured it was worth asking in case someone has come up with a better option or a reason why using AA isn't a good idea.
Thanks.
Joyce Fetterman
Technical Writer
L-3 Communications Display Systems
770-346-8255<tel:770-346-8255>
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