RE: TOCs in Reference Manuals:pros and cons

Subject: RE: TOCs in Reference Manuals:pros and cons
From: "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
To: 'Matt Gras' <mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net>, "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 19:40:25 +0000

I would say yes. A technical manual without a TOC is like a skeleton without a backbone.

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Subject: TOCs in Reference Manuals:pros and cons

Thoughts, please, about whether a TOC is useful in a technical reference manual (for an electronics board sold to engineering students).


thanks,
Matt


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