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AAMT Book of Style on MQCentral Maze?? - Sunflower
Posted: Mar 19, 2014
Sent a new computer and I can't find AAMT Book of Style in MQCentral. Does anyone happen to know where it is in the maze???
You are talking about MModal Home, right? - Not MQCentral?
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If so, go to Dept, Human Resources, Learning & Development, HDS, Reference and it is on the very right of the page, scroll down a little bit. PS, sometimes takes a bit to load. HTH
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