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Subject:"Getting started" manual From:"Geoff Hart (by way of \"Eric J. Ray\" <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com>)" <ght -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:15:16 -0600
Gina Hertel is <<creating a User Guide to accompany a system
[that] lets users track and schedule events, generate reports, and
discuss topics. I am looking for a name for the guide.>>
How about coming right out and saying it: "Tracking and scheduling
events with ACE"? No need to tell the users its a guidebook; they'll
figure that out on their own. Instead, pick a title that answers the
age-old question "what's in it for me?" in a useful way.
--Geoff Hart @8^{)}
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
