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Subject:Re: I'm looking for a term From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 7 Aug 2002 14:36:14 -0600
John Posada wrote:
> I'm looking for a term. The term will define a one-page chapter in a book.
> The book is of error messages. <snip>
>
> Now...I want to put an example of an error message page, but in each cell,
> instead of the content describing the error, I want to describe the cell.
>
> What would this page be called that contains this layout definition?
> .....don't say layout definition :-)
Don't worry about what to call the *page*. Think about the task or goal of
the reader. E.g.:
Using the XYZ Error Message Reference
About this Book
Understanding XYZ System Errors
Looking Up Error Messages
How to Resolve an Error
HTH!
Richard
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Richard G. Combs
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Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT voyanttechDOTcom
303-223-5111
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