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Subject:Re: Writing for CE/ISO Compliance From:Christopher Carmichael <chrisc -at- SYNERGYMICRO -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 Jan 1998 15:05:02 -0800
At 2:49 PM -0600 01.22.1998, David Manney wrote:
>Greetings All!
>
>Our department is currently debating which guidelines to follow for our
>safety notices in our installation manuals. The conundrum is; do we write
>for Europe's CE compliance, or do we write for ISO compliance.
The department I'm at: we write to the audience. Meaning, if it's for
Europe, we write for CE compliance. Otherwise, it's ISO standards. So, if
we have the same product for both markets, we have two versions of the
el-manual.
Hope this helps,
Super De Dooper in San Diego,
Chris
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