Reference to URLs

Subject: Reference to URLs
From: Alexander Von_obert <avobert -at- TWH -dot- MSN -dot- SUB -dot- ORG>
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 00:01:01 +0100

Hello Karen,


* Antwort auf eine Nachricht von akaren -at- earthlink -dot- net an All am 07.05.97

aa> My question is, how much of this stuff should I reproduce in
aa> the user's
aa> manual? I figure to use the search, they will have to have
aa> Internet
aa> Access anyway, so why not refer then to the Web page?

ask yourself what happens if the referenced pages disappear. I would offer
some basic information. This way they should be able to find the information
on the Web even without a correct URL.


Greetings from Germany,
Alexander

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