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Re: Do people want a hard copy of the owners' manual for their car?
Subject:Re: Do people want a hard copy of the owners' manual for their car? From:Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:07:42 -0400
Fred Ridder wrote:
>> Oh, man. Something is wrong with my car, and I'm probably in a rush, and I'm trying to find out if I can fix it . . . the LAST thing I would want to have to do is fire up the laptop to locate some online document somewhere.
>> Next generation cars will open the manual for you on the on-board computer.
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> Unless it's the electrical system that is causing problems...
From a tech-writing perspective, we all know that most manuals have
errors, or merely insufficient information to solve the problem at hand.
I personally like to make notes on the pages, add pointers to other
pages, occasionally construct sort of an index. I'll do that on the CD,
right, little scrawls with a Sharpie pen, while I have grease on my hands?
Ever notice that the aftermarket books for cars (Chilton's, etc.) do not
supply proper wiring diagrams?
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