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Subject:tech writing humor (was Frame -> Word) From:Melissa Hunter-Kilmer <mhunterk -at- BNA -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 2 Oct 1997 09:15:10 EST
Mike LaTorra <MLaTorra -at- SCGROUPINC -dot- COM> wrote:
> Word crashed repeatedly -- at least 6 times -- when I tried to
> do something trivial, like reformat a particular 2 line
> paragraph, or insert a page break after it.
> So my advice is SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!
When I was in systems support, I used to ask my users, "Has your
file been SAVED????" Later I added, "Has it been washed in the
blood of the LAN?"
Unfortunately, most of them didn't get it. <sigh>
Melissa Hunter-Kilmer
mhunterk -at- bna -dot- com
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