Too short for a TOC

Subject: Too short for a TOC
From: Matthew J Long <mjl100z -at- MAIL -dot- ODU -dot- EDU>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 15:05:56 -0400

All,

How short is too short for a table of contents? I am prducing 10-20 page
technical manuals (that are actually more like overviews of database
systems) that are easily navigable by thumbing through. I don't want to
include a TOC because it seems like overkill and frankly silly. Do you
agree that a TOC should be reserved for longer manuals or do you think
that I am just being lazy? Please qualifiy your opinion!! Thanks.

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