RE: Finding errors in manuals

Subject: RE: Finding errors in manuals
From: Writers Book Mall <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>
To: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>, Connie Giordano <connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com>, Michelle Vina-Baltsas <Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 14:28:49 -0700 (PDT)

Not to mention the multitudes of cell phone users who
press <End> to turn the phone on. :)


--- "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
wrote:

> Connie Giordano wrote:
>
> > I literally just came across this in a manual I'm
> editing right now:
> >
> > "Press <ENTER> to exit:" Hope that makes you feel
> better ;-)
>
> Well, it sure looks funny, but it's not necessarily
> _wrong_.
>
> After all, we Windows users click Start to quit. ;-)
>
> Richard
>
>
> ------
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> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
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> 303-777-0436
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