>Last year a reviewer did suggest major revisions to the Writer >Guide (among other things, to put style information earlier and >emphasise it more).
A few weeks ago, before joining this group, I went through the printed Writer Guide, looking for tips about stuff I didn't know. I found quite a bit. I also had some thoughts about some of the book's organization, but wasn't yet a member of this esteemed project team and didn't keep notes. I could probably remember some of those thoughts if I thumbed through again. I know a lot of the book has been updated since the printed version was published, but I think the organization hasn't changed much. >And related to that: some topics are not covered in the Writer >Guide as it is now, mainly because no one was available to write >them. Also some are really quite advanced; most of the current >material is beginner-to-intermediate. Is there a list of these topics somewhere? >so to me a 2-volume set seems >like a good solution. Or possibly even 3 volumes! I would tend to agree, as long as newbies could still find an unintimidating, one-volume Writer Guide with the basics. I always think of my mom. If she were to switch word processors, it would be a scary thing for her, and a two or three-volume manual would probably convince her that Writer is really complicated, so she'd likely give up before starting. I mean, it CAN be complicated for people who need it to be, but for people who just want to write letters and memos, and maybe an occasional report, it doesn't have to be. -s.
