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Ah, so that is it, eh? The light dawns. Do what is written without
consideration of what is written. Je compris. In an exercise like this,
would a heading style (I do not assume there was one), such as "Microwave
Instructions" be sufficient to divide the two instruction sets, or not, or
maybe the heading would instruct the reader to toss the instructions, box
and all, into the microwave?
It is so hard to say. I use formatting, font, white space, graphics, etc.,
to help convey a message and instructions and information. Is it possible
that my audience treats these quirks of mine as unformatted ASCII text to be
followed literally and without consideration? Maybe. Would I hope my
documents hold up? Of course.
This is kinda like the during-the-interview-writing-test, right? The one
where the prospective employee has to write instructions about donning a
jacket, assuming they've never seen one or anything similar before, assuming
they just opened their eyes and ears that minute and are standing there
naked?
;?P
Of course, this is mostly tongue-in-cheek. I do, however, find the Kraft
Macaroni and Cheese instructions curiously satisfying, more so than the
product, actually.
Cheers,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michele Davis [SMTP:michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com]
>
> An aside, the two kids did know what mac-n-cheese looked like, both have
> been
> cooking with me since they were little (2-3 somewhere in that age range)
> but I
> said, "Follow ALL the instructions." Which they did!
>
> "Brierley, Sean" wrote:
>
> > The ten-yr-olds need more training, education, and experience in the big
> > picture that is their kitchen and in recognizing what prepared macaroni
> and
> > cheese actually looks like.
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