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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>wrote:
> Jim Pinkham wrote:
> > Heather, since the reaction of your boss seems purely subjective, you're
> > engaging in, and inviting, guesswork on the part of all of us. Yes, as
> > you've seen, we can give suggestions on what might look professional.
> > But what is it about TNR that sets him or her off?
>
> Worst-case scenario: It's an on-line document in HTML, and the boss is
> visiting someone who by default has everything displaying on the browser
> in TNR. Boss steams at you for "using" TNR. Even if you didn't actually
> "put" it there, boss will think you should have anticipated the problem
> and "done something" about it.
>
> (Sorry, but it's Cynically Paranoid Pessimism Wednesday.)
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