Re: Another Newbie question about procedures

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> Never,  never, never
> "Instead, I'd simply put a cross reference in the document  with
> the page number."
> 
> Always point to a heading, or make sure that  the page number is
> 'dynamic' and would change if the document changed.

It never occured to me to not make the page number dynamic not to
think that someone would read that in my statement. In fact, I don't
think I've ever typed a page number in my professional career. In
reallity, one of my most used cross reference goes something like: 

See [heading] in Chapter "[chaptername]" starting on page [pagenum]

Translated, it may appear as:

See "Error Messages" in Chapter "Automation Tools" starting on page
76.

It was just easier to say use a page number and leave it at that.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

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