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Subject:Re: I need your input - again From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 14 Nov 1995 07:34:37 PST
Ian Macdonald writes:
>My point is that technical writers do far more than write user instructions.
>Like most things, we have to take this in context.
Definitions are almost guaranteed to be presented out of context --
in a dictionary, say, or a glossary. They need to stand on their own.
But I must take exception to your assertion that presentation is "far
more" than writing. I can't imagine how you'd draw this conclusion.
Perhaps you can elaborate?
-- Robert
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