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Unread 15-02-2012, 23:58
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Re: Character Count?

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Originally Posted by Carol View Post
Be creative with abbreviations: year = yr, and = &, two = 2, number = #, etc. You can save a lot of characters that way.
Teams might want to be careful with their use of abbreviations, based on this Q&A:

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Q. when writing my chariman's submission can I use shortcuts such as: and=& you=U are=R or will it count as low level language/ the judges will see less of my submission?

FRC1943 2012-02-07

A. Hello Team: Thank you for writing. We discourage using shortcuts in the submission. Thank you, FRC Team Support
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