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Subject:RE: Microsoft Manual of Style where oh where From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:27:37 -0400
In my current gig (since 2002), I don't need the MMOS. Having said that,
I've worked in the past on projects that required it. I'm sure Deborah
knows what resources she needs, and I think it's great that Janice came
up with some inexpensive solutions.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Hart
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:07 AM
> To: TECHWR-L Writing
> Cc: Janice Gelb
> Subject: Microsoft Manual of Style where oh where
>
> And worth it at half the price (maybe you can haggle and get
> them to pay you to take it off their hands) if you need to
> raise your monitor to correct viewing level. Old phonebooks
> probably work better, though.
>
> My take: If you're going to just make it up as you go, you
> can do it yourself and have fun doing so instead of wasting
> bookshelf space on MMOS. You could also just subscribe to
> Wired. Occasionally they're quite entertaining.
>
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