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At 02:28 PM 9/11/97 -0700, Randi Figueredo wrote:
>"Republishing opens the publish screen and you need to tell
>it to find the new keyword you just assigned, so press
>the Update Keys button. Then you will see your new
>keyword(s) listed in the keywords field of the publish
>screen, and then press Publish."
>
>Does anyone else see something wrong with that paragraph or am I just
>being picky?
>
This is a trick question, right? You pulled this out of a Mad Magazine
parody of tech writing, didn't you?
Of course it's drivel.
Good luck.
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