Re: Finding errors in manuals

Subject: Re: Finding errors in manuals
From: "Connie Giordano" <connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com>
To: "Michelle Vina-Baltsas" <Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com>, "" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 15:20:29 -0500

Wait 10 years and go back and look at one of your old projects--it makes today's errors miniscule in comparison!

Seriously, note it for a future revision and move on... if you only found one error, you have a significantly better accuracy rate than your developers, and most of the rest of the list....


Connie P. Giordano
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> -------Original Message-------
> From: Michelle Vina-Baltsas <Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com>
> Subject: Finding errors in manuals
> Sent: 17 May '07 15:13
>
> I just found an error in one of the manuals I work on and I feel sick.
> Fortunately, the error does not pose the user any danger but it looks bad.
> What do you all do when this happens? I'm having a bad case of the "I'm
> not perfect" blues.
>
> Michelle
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