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Sidebars are problematic or nonexistent in too many output formats.
Never use them.
Put it at the bottom and start it with "Additional information" or
something similar. Or put it in its own topic and link to it.
Is it Dummies or Idiot's that has a standard heading, "Additional
stuff not worth reading"?
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> wrote:
> Morning, Whirlers,
>
> How do you folks handle sidebar notes and info?
>
> Let's say I'm working on Topic A in a user guide. I have information related to Topic A, but not directly.
>
> This information doesn't really fit elsewhere, so it needs to be in Topic A, but stand out just a bit. I put this "sidebar" information in a table in Topic A.
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