Re: Footnotes - acceptable in technical documentation?

Subject: Re: Footnotes - acceptable in technical documentation?
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 09:10:45 -0800

Looking at the MS Manual of Style 4, there are a few references to
table footnotes, no mention of regular footnotes.

There's also one reference that seems to presume the writer is using
Word to edit WinHelp source: "Also, cross-references (See and See
also) are limited to normal keywords that jump directly to the topic
that contains the K (keyword) footnote with that keyword."


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References:
Footnotes - acceptable in technical documentation?: From: Bruce Megan (ST-CO/MKP3)
Re: Footnotes - acceptable in technical documentation?: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: Footnotes - acceptable in technical documentation?: From: Brian.Henderson

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