Re: FORMAT: Blank Pages

["Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- STARBASECORP -dot- COM>]

> I like to start chapters on the right page exclusively because most
> people flip through the pages of a book ("fanning" is the word?)
> keeping an eye on the right page. At least, that's been my experience.
> I don't consider it a waste to have an occasional blank page.

> Incidentally, does anyone still write "This Page Intentionally Left
> Blank" on those blank pages? Could someone explain why it's done?
> I'm always tempted to write "This Page Accidentally Left Blank", but
> I've got a family and bills and I need to stay employed....

I always start a new chapter on an odd-numbered page (boy, I
successfully side-stepped the right/left issue, didn't I!).
And the fact that I leave a page blank in the process has never
worried me. I think it's more important to meet the user's
expectation of where the chapter begins than to save what
would amount to a couple of sheets of paper. (We're tree-
killers by profession, after all. Be responsible -- grow more
trees or use recycled paper.)

But I've never put the "This page intentionally left blank"
disclaimer on.  I figure that once you did that, it wasn't
(blank anymore!).

Last time a programmer asked why I didn't read his mind...
I told him I tried, all I got was "this page intentionally
left blank"! ;^)

Sue Gallagher
StarBase Corp, Irvine CA
sgallagher -at- starbasecorp -dot- com