TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: This page intentionally left blank From:Jan Bishop <JBishop -at- HACH -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 28 May 1999 08:24:41 -0600
I should have known that IBM was not that innovative! I still think they
helped to spread the fad. :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: camw [mailto:camw -at- home -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 6:15 AM
To: JBishop -at- HACH -dot- COM
Cc: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: This page intentionally left blank
This originated before IBM. It was a requirement in classified military
technical manuals. You were required to account for every page--even
blank ones. They wanted to be sure the page was blank on purpose and
not because someone messed up. I can remember it in specs back in the
late 50's. IBM was into computers then, but not manuals. They only
made mainframes and there were no software manuals to speak of.
