>>This idea that saying something once in documentation should have gone out the window when they stopped printing the manual. Saying it in some place that never/rarely gets referenced accomplishes nothing except being able to state "oh, it's in there".
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>Hello Jim,
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>One could argue that in a searchable help model, something would have to be said less times, not more. Although I still like the feel of a book in my hands...
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>Just a thought.

True enough.
But then I wonder what I'd look for to find the "rules" regarding the issue at hand. Seems I'd have to know what I'm looking for in order to "find" it.

The advantage of repeating something liberally where it is relevant give a person a far better chance to come across it, in my opinion.

And I still prefer a book to < s >