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Subject:RE: What good is it if you can't find it? From:"Sue Ahrenhold" <SAhrenhold -at- IpdSolution -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:52:17 -0500
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>>Actually, I think it's equally important in "soft copy" docs. If the term
>>you're searching for does not occur in the text, you're hosed. OTOH, a good
>>index would provide synonyms that would expedite the search process in any
>>medium.
>>Marguerite
I ditto this. Especially in an age where applications make an issue of - we don't search, we FIND (to use a mythical example) and zealously review their documentation to make sure that no mention of the anathmatized term appears in the documentation.
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