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RE: Do people want a hard copy of the owners' manual for their car?
Subject:RE: Do people want a hard copy of the owners' manual for their car? From:David Barber <David -dot- Barber -at- ptgrey -dot- com> To:"Guy K. Haas" <guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:50:34 -0700
I'd say there's already a market for that. My Toyota manual doesn't even show where the air filter is located.
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Subject: Re: Do people want a hard copy of the owners' manual for their car?
I'd say they are creating a market window for third-party documents.
"Chrysler: The Missing Manual."
--Guy K. Haas
Software Exegete in Silicon Valley
On Tue, September 22, 2009 12:10 pm, Latella, Vincent wrote:
> I know that we've been through the whole "do you really need a printed
> manual" thing before on TECHWR-L, but at this very moment, presumably
> non-writer types are hashing out that very topic as it pertains to
> automobiles on The Truth About Cars:
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Free Software Documentation Project Web Cast: Covers developing Table of
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2009 tips, tricks, and best practices. http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/
Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
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