Re: Numbering paragraphs

Subject: Re: Numbering paragraphs
From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: Lynne Wright <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tiburoninc -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:04:59 -0700

If you're doing docs for govt agencies, they still love those numbers. I
think it's something of a suspenders and a belt thinking thing, but if they
make the doc signoffs go more smoothly, it doesn't bother me.

Gene Kim-Eng

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Lynne Wright
<Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tiburoninc -dot- com>wrote:

> That's exactly why I FINALLY recently removed all the section numbering
> from our manuals.
>
> Providing users with a detailed index as part of a searchable electronic
> file HOPEFULLY negates the need for clunky, left-margin-eating 4-digit
> numbering schemes that, to me, just seemed weirdly pedantic and
> scientificky and not suitable for our target audience/overall corporate
> image.
>

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References:
Numbering paragraphs: From: Becca
Re: Numbering paragraphs: From: Gene Kim-Eng
RE: Numbering paragraphs: From: Lynne Wright

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