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RE: Numbered versus unnumbered heads in very technical reference guides
Subject:RE: Numbered versus unnumbered heads in very technical reference guides From:Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> To:Matt Gras <mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net>, tech2wr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:14:58 +0000
With some already good answers being given, reference material is usually arranged alphabetically or by meaningful categories and alphabetically inside categories. The only value numbers have is if they appear in the system, for example error message number.
HTH,
Erika
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