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Subject:Re: Reuse of text/modular information From:Becca Price <rp51 -at- CHRYSLER -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:04:30 -0400
FWIW, I'm currently working on about 250 pages of text describing
standard
functions that are used in any number of the subaps of our 35-subap
program.. things like using the report generator, sorting, filtering...
stuff like that. I'm putting material that needs to be customized for
each
specific ap. in blue text -- the writer working on the specific subaps
can
search for blue, and edit as s/he needs.
There's a terrifying lot of text that is just boilerplate, and won't
need
editing.
-becca
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