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Subject:RE: Chapter summaries at start of doc: yes/no? From:"Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:06:03 +0100
>Here's another thought: If the descriptions that start each chapter are
>kept up-to-date, can you use the same text for the front-of-book
>descriptions? And automate it?
Now +that+ is a good point. When I initially thought about it I didn't
think it could be done, but now I reckon it should be possible to
semi-automate it at least. It won't work for the manuals I'm writing to
the client's template, but it's certainly something I can do for ours.
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