atw: Re: Microsoft Manual of Style
- From: Robert Levy <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 16:48:36 +1100
You can buy it as a PDF or ePub, if you're willing to pay a bit more at
O'Reilly.
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145305770.do
rwl
On 09/02/2012, at 1:52 PM, Rhonda Bracey wrote:
> Hi John
>
> You don't need a Kindle to buy/read the Kindle format. You can download the
> free Kindle app for your PC, Android, or iThingy from the Amazon site. Or
> read a Kindle book via the Kindle Cloud/web thingy.
>
> You only pay for the Kindle format book, NOT for the app to read it on.
>
> Rhonda
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> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Maizels
> Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:44 AM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Microsoft Manual of Style
>
> Let's see... I have a wheel rodent on this PC and a trackpoint rodent on the
> other PC. The indicator stalk in my car would be a "human interface
> device", and supports both left and right click operations.
>
> Um... I hesitate to ask, but I don't have a Kindle. Is the MMoS available
> for the iThingie platform?
>
> John
>
> At 13:22 9/02/2012, you wrote:
>> I�ve been using the MMoS (3rd edition) since I discovered it the sale bin in
>> an ordinary bookshop many years ago. I went and bought a coffee and started
>> reading it immediately! (Much to the amusement of my wife.)
>>
>> I�ve been looking forward to it being updated, especially re interface
>> elements, and Howard�s comments encourage me to think that it really has
>> been.
>>
>> Re �mouse devices� etc., I remember laughing when I plugged in a mouse and
>> Windows told me it had detected a �human interface device�. That�s a prime
>> example of why a wordsmith should always be involved with any text a user
>> might see.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
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