style/usage question

[Chinell, David F (GE Indust, Security)]

Craig:

I'd consider going the other way, too, provided it's not a legal sort of thing. (Your hereinafter might have thrown me off.)

So I'd consider saying:

"As you read along, you're bound to come to the first instance of Acrobat (Adobe Acrobat) and may wonder what it means."

If the work is a large reference work (the material will be accessed randomly) I'd consider adding the terms to a glossary, and using that parenthetical definition at the beginning of every major chunk.

The degree of effort you make to smooth the way for "outsiders" depends on your analysis of the readership of the piece.

Bear