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#1
September 16th, 2009, 09:23 PM
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Wanted: Comments on Auto FE Updater page
Folks
I am *not* a good technical writer. One of my many weaknesses. Could folks who have recently used the Auto FE Updater read the page at http://www.autofeupdater.com/gettingstarted.htm and make suggestions as to how to reword the text? I will shortly be making a Wizard and a GUI for the utility so I'd like to have the same good wording on the website and in the wizard. Thanks, Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/ 
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#2
September 17th, 2009, 06:43 PM
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Wanted: Comments on Auto FE Updater page
Tony,
It's great you share your work with the community! Thanks for that. I have no comments about the text. Maybe it would be nice to add a screenshot of how a ini file for the updater actually could look like. I think that not all potential users are familiar with them. One comment I have is that I think that the Times New Roman font gives the Auto FE Updater pages an old fashioned look... Lars "Tony Toews [MVP]" schreef in bericht ... Folks I am *not* a good technical writer. One of my many weaknesses. Could folks who have recently used the Auto FE Updater read the page at http://www.autofeupdater.com/gettingstarted.htm and make suggestions as to how to reword the text? I will shortly be making a Wizard and a GUI for the utility so I'd like to have the same good wording on the website and in the wizard. Thanks, Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
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#3
September 17th, 2009, 08:49 PM
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Wanted: Comments on Auto FE Updater page
"Lars Brownies" wrote:
It's great you share your work with the community! Thanks for that. I have no comments about the text. Thanks for your kind words. Maybe it would be nice to add a screenshot of how a ini file for the updater actually could look like. I think that not all potential users are familiar with them. I do ship two INI files in the downloaded zip file. Also once I create the Wizard this won't matter as newbies will be able to use the Wizard. One comment I have is that I think that the Times New Roman font gives the Auto FE Updater pages an old fashioned look... Hmm, you're probably correct there. One of those things I hadn't thought of. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
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#5
September 18th, 2009, 08:46 PM
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Wanted: Comments on Auto FE Updater page
OMG... YOU have got to be kidding me! All I can say... INCOMING... DUCK!
-- Gina Whipp "I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" - Tremors II http://www.regina-whipp.com/index_files/TipList.htm "Steve" wrote in message m... Tony, I am a good technical writer. I have engineering and MBA degrees and did lots of writing in my classes. During my career I worked as an operations engineer and a project engineer. I have written armloads of operating manuals, testrun procedures and project documents. I would like to offer to write a how-to-use document for you for your Auto FE Updater for a modest fee. We would collaborate in the writing so that you get document the way you want it. If you are interested, contact me. Steve "Tony Toews [MVP]" wrote in message ... Folks I am *not* a good technical writer. One of my many weaknesses. Could folks who have recently used the Auto FE Updater read the page at http://www.autofeupdater.com/gettingstarted.htm and make suggestions as to how to reword the text? I will shortly be making a Wizard and a GUI for the utility so I'd like to have the same good wording on the website and in the wizard. Thanks, Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
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#6
September 18th, 2009, 09:21 PM
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Wanted: Comments on Auto FE Updater page
That's what I thought, too .... but you know, it's conceivable that
Steve really is a good technical writer. I know from personal experience (as does Tony) that good technical skills do not automatically translate into good writing skills. What gets my goat, though is that Steve has the guts to ask for a fee for something being offered to the community for free! -- Clif "Gina Whipp" wrote in message ... OMG... YOU have got to be kidding me! All I can say... INCOMING... DUCK! -- Gina Whipp "I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" - Tremors II http://www.regina-whipp.com/index_files/TipList.htm "Steve" wrote in message m... Tony, I am a good technical writer. I have engineering and MBA degrees and did lots of writing in my classes. During my career I worked as an operations engineer and a project engineer. I have written armloads of operating manuals, testrun procedures and project documents. I would like to offer to write a how-to-use document for you for your Auto FE Updater for a modest fee. We would collaborate in the writing so that you get document the way you want it. If you are interested, contact me. Steve "Tony Toews [MVP]" wrote in message ... Folks I am *not* a good technical writer. One of my many weaknesses. Could folks who have recently used the Auto FE Updater read the page at http://www.autofeupdater.com/gettingstarted.htm and make suggestions as to how to reword the text? I will shortly be making a Wizard and a GUI for the utility so I'd like to have the same good wording on the website and in the wizard. Thanks, Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/ -- Clif
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#7
September 18th, 2009, 09:37 PM
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Wanted: Comments on Auto FE Updater page
Unfortunately, even IF in my WILDEST dreams I thought he was I wouldn't use
him... not only is he offering to charge Tony who, as you said, offers his updater for FREE... he IS soliciting AGAIN! -- Gina Whipp "I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" - Tremors II http://www.regina-whipp.com/index_files/TipList.htm "Clif McIrvin" wrote in message ... That's what I thought, too .... but you know, it's conceivable that Steve really is a good technical writer. I know from personal experience (as does Tony) that good technical skills do not automatically translate into good writing skills. What gets my goat, though is that Steve has the guts to ask for a fee for something being offered to the community for free! -- Clif "Gina Whipp" wrote in message ... OMG... YOU have got to be kidding me! All I can say... INCOMING... DUCK! -- Gina Whipp "I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" - Tremors II http://www.regina-whipp.com/index_files/TipList.htm "Steve" wrote in message m... Tony, I am a good technical writer. I have engineering and MBA degrees and did lots of writing in my classes. During my career I worked as an operations engineer and a project engineer. I have written armloads of operating manuals, testrun procedures and project documents. I would like to offer to write a how-to-use document for you for your Auto FE Updater for a modest fee. We would collaborate in the writing so that you get document the way you want it. If you are interested, contact me. Steve "Tony Toews [MVP]" wrote in message ... Folks I am *not* a good technical writer. One of my many weaknesses. Could folks who have recently used the Auto FE Updater read the page at http://www.autofeupdater.com/gettingstarted.htm and make suggestions as to how to reword the text? I will shortly be making a Wizard and a GUI for the utility so I'd like to have the same good wording on the website and in the wizard. Thanks, Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/ -- Clif
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#8
September 18th, 2009, 10:10 PM
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Wanted: Comments on Auto FE Updater page
"Gina Whipp" wrote:
OMG... YOU have got to be kidding me! All I can say... INCOMING... DUCK! chuckle I was rather startled myself to read Steve's posting. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
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#9
September 21st, 2009, 07:56 AM
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Wanted: Comments on Auto FE Updater page
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:10:29 -0600, "Tony Toews [MVP]"
wrote: "Gina Whipp" wrote: OMG... YOU have got to be kidding me! All I can say... INCOMING... DUCK! chuckle I was rather startled myself to read Steve's posting. Tony Three possibilities: 1. Steve in fact has an unexpected self-mocking sense of humor. 2. Somebody's spoofing Steve, in a pretty sophisticated way. The headers look good to my untrained eye. 3. Steve's got even more chutzpah that I would have guessed (not QUITE as much as the classic case of the boy who murdered his parents, and when tried demanded a lenient sentance because he was a poor orphan). -- John W. Vinson [MVP]
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#10
September 18th, 2009, 09:14 PM
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Wanted: Comments on Auto FE Updater page
"Steve" schreef in bericht m... Tony, I am a good technical writer. I have engineering and MBA degrees and did lots of writing in my classes. During my career I worked as an operations engineer and a project engineer. I have written armloads of operating manuals, testrun procedures and project documents. I would like to offer to write a how-to-use document for you for your Auto FE Updater for a modest fee. We would collaborate in the writing so that you get document the way you want it. If you are interested, contact me. Isn't that funny... ?? -- Get lost $teve. Go away... far away.... "Some cause happiness wherever they go - others whenever they go" - Oscar Wilde Arno R
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