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The needs of the audience be darned; I am *not* going to write documentation in PowerPoint!
Might be time to find a new profession....
:-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Christensen, Kent [mailto:lkchris -at- sandia -dot- gov]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:00 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Too many words?
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"(A little PowerPoint observation: I recently had a chance to talk with a
bunch of people who work in corporate planning at a major coffee retailer.
They've all but given up on Word. Practically everything they do is in
PowerPoint. Why? Because almost [all] of their work is destined to top
management - and the top managers don't want to waste their time on details.
They want facts, and they want'em boom-boom-boom right down the line, forget
the verbose tap dancing. It's an interesting approach, particularly because
the planners have put so much effort into setting up PowerPoint templates
that reach out and grab you by the eyeballs. I was mightily impressed.)"
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