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Re: PowerPoint Presentations for Doc/writer Impact?
Subject:Re: PowerPoint Presentations for Doc/writer Impact? From:"Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:52:36 -0800
"Dick Margulis" <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net> wrote in message news:230030 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
<big snip>
> Back to broccoli. One day the store has first-cutting heads. Next day it
> has second-cutting bunches. Next day it has bulk florets, no stems. The
> only documentation is the price per pound. I can figure out, without any
> help from documentation, whether the product in front of me is utile
> with respect to my menu plan.
>
Whereas I'd need documentation, probably by bringing the cookbook (or at
least a copy of the relevant page) with me. And even then, I have no idea of
the difference between "first-cutting heads" and "second-cutting bunches."
Then again, I usually get home so late (when I'm working) that my "menu
plan" typically involves which box to pull out of the freezer and put in the
microwave.
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