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Matt Ion wrote:
>
> On Wed, 11 Jun 1997 17:09:59 -0500, Buck & Tilly Buchanan wrote:
>
> >> > Do remember that you're somewhat limited as to the useful thickness of
> >> > these booklets, since they do have to fit under those little tabs in
> >> > the jewelbox lid.
> >>
> >> My DeLorme USAtlas is 32 pages and not especially thin paper.
> >>
> >
> >I should have added:
> >
> >And fills the slot almost to overflowing.
>
> I rest my case :-)
But... and it's a BIG-G-G-G but
Some database software is so simple and so intuitive (self-documenting,
they're calling it now), that little more than a half-dozen pages is
needed. I just finished a *Jewelcase Instruction Booklet* (my final
selection of terms) that I really had to stretch to reach 24 pages; 16
would have been plenty, but marketing wanted more.
I appreciate your comments, Matt, which (unlike some of mine) always
come without sarcasm.
--
Buck Buchanan
writer -at- dhc -dot- net
Arlington, TX
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