Re: Cross-references

Subject: Re: Cross-references
From: "Brierley, Sean" <Brierley -at- QUODATA -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:42:38 -0400

Hallo:

I think it really depends on the needs of your audience.

For example, I plan my current documents for single-sourcing. I find that I
need to include more cross-references for single-source use than I did,
previously, for print only. The reason is the way I chunk my document when
creating the help file. Whereas, in a printed document, information flows in
a linear fashion, from top-level to lower-level headings, in online help the
information is connected only by hypertext links between topics, the index,
TOC, and search. Thus, I find I need to anticipate how the document breaks
up for online help and provide links between otherwise adjacent topics
accordingly.

Because I am single-sourcing, these xrefs appear in both the printed and
online versions. While I could use conditions to hide some xrefs from
printed output, I don't find it's really worth the time to do so.

Hope this helps.

Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Kathi Jan Knill [mailto:Kathi -dot- Knill -at- TEMPLATE -dot- COM]


>>>I was wondering what the consensus is on how often
>>>cross-references should be used in printed doc.?
>>>

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