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Subject:Re: Technical name for the #? From:Don Timmerman <timmerma -at- IPDLINK -dot- IPD -dot- ANL -dot- GOV> Date:Tue, 1 Dec 1998 09:33:10 -0600
Hi All,
I just had a moment of inspiration and ask if one is writing
procedures that include the use of the subject symbol, why even bother
to give it a name? Why not use something like the following.
When finished, press the # key.
Why should the statement be written as,
When finished, press the pound (#) key.
Of course, this method works for only written communication. Verbal
communication is another issue.
Regards,
Don Timmerman, dtimmerman -at- anl -dot- gov
Argonne National Laboratory (near Chicago)
