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Subject:Re: chapter-based numbering From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- STARBASECORP -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:04:45 -0800
Arlen Walker offers the following comments on
chapter-based page numbering...
> Can I say that I *hate* that practice, as a user? I know all the production
> advantages of it. But truth is, it makes it much more difficult to find
things
> in the manual. For example, can you tell me how far page 2-3 is from page
5-2?
> Even if chapter 5 is the next to last chapter in the book (which I might not
> know the first few times I search the book) when I look at the last page and
> see
> it's 6-4, it *still* doesn't give me a clue where 5-2 is.
Talk about dredging up an old subject! But it *still* bothers
me. The tech writing profession as a whole has adopted the
chapter-based page numbering system almost without exception.
As far as I can tell, this is for our own convenience and to
H*** with the user.
Seems a little incongruous, doesn't it? We profess to be the
user advocate yet we cling to a page numbering system that
users hate.
Just a thought...
Sue Gallagher
StarBase Corp, Irvine CA
sgallagher -at- starbasecorp -dot- com
