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Subject:RE: What comes after Appendix Z From:John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Joyce -dot- Fetterman -at- l-3com -dot- com Date:Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:30:02 -0400
And if they instruct you to use a smiley face inplace of every s? Why
would a customer arbitrarily define the number of Apends? "John...I want 43
Apends because this month is my 43rd wedding anv...you figure out what to
put in them."
On Jul 24, 2015 3:45 PM, <Joyce -dot- Fetterman -at- l-3com -dot- com> wrote:
> 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> 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
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