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> I'm on the fence for including or not including chapter numbers with
page
> numbers. Many of my "customers" insist on them as they feel it makes
it
> easier to locate specific information or procedures in the printed
> documents. <snip>
Actually, it makes it _harder_. If I'm holding a 300-page book and you
tell me the information I need is on page 177, I can get there pretty
quickly. But if you tell me it's on page 7-19, it will take me much
longer because I don't know how many chapters there are or how long they
are.
But if the customers won't listen to reason, you either make them happy
or find a better class of customers. ;-)
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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