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Subject:Re: Too short for a TOC From:Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 9 Jun 1997 15:11:38 -0400
Personally, I like having a TOC and index
even for small docs. I'm a cranky, impatient
user (LOL) and want easy-access methods that
get me right to the page I need.
A.
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Alexia Prendergast
Senior Technical Writer
Seagate Software
alexiap -at- sems -dot- com
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>From: Matthew J Long[SMTP:mjl100z -at- MAIL -dot- ODU -dot- EDU]
>Sent: Monday, June 09, 1997 3:05 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Too short for a TOC
>
>All,
>
>How short is too short for a table of contents? I am prducing 10-20 page
>technical manuals (that are actually more like overviews of database
>systems) that are easily navigable by thumbing through. I don't want to
>include a TOC because it seems like overkill and frankly silly. Do you
>agree that a TOC should be reserved for longer manuals or do you think
>that I am just being lazy? Please qualifiy your opinion!! Thanks.
>
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