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Subject:This page is intentionally left blank From:John Anderson <joa -at- CRAYCOM -dot- DK> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:29:40 --100
>> Does anyone still (or has anyone ever) use intentional blank
>> pages in a document? You know, the kind that say "This page
>> intentionally left blank." ...
>Yes, we use them to make things easier when there are changes
>to the manuals. We also start numbering over again on the
>first page of each chapter. (That is, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, new chapter:
>2-1, 2-2, 2-3...)
>This way, if there is a change to chapter 1 that affects the
>number of pages in that chapter, chapter 2 does not also need to
>be reprinted.
Also, the "This page is intentionally left blank" statement is required
in military/defence document standards (and probably ATA 100), where
there must be absolutely no doubt as to whether the information is
complete or not.
