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Issue 12, June 2005

================================================ THE PLAIN TEXT GAZETTE – Issue 12, June 2005 ================================================ Contents ——– * Editorial * Blogs and business writing * Powerpoint: why? * Words we hate: and another one Editorial ——— It seems that our rant about straplines in the last Plain Text Gazette has had little effect. In the recent UK general election the two main parties had a battle of the straplines (or [...]
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Issue 2, December 2001

================================================ THE PLAIN TEXT GAZETTE – Issue 2, December 2001 ================================================ Contents ——– * Editorial * When communication doesn’t #2: Powerpoint Hell * More business-speak Editorial ——— In the last issue we used press releases from the fictional company Prolix to look at the perils of technology jargon, and show how its massive overuse can completely obscure a company’s message. If [...]
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