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Re: Another question about that troublesome blank page
Subject:Re: Another question about that troublesome blank page From:Fabien Vais <phantoms -at- ACCENT -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 19 Jun 1997 08:39:05 -0400
Personally, if it is the last page in the manual, I think it would look
better if that last left-hand page were completely blank, without any
headers or footers. You often see a (totally) blank double-sided page at the
end of a book, just before the back cover. Sometimes, you see two
double-sided blank pages. I've always thought that added to the look of of
the book. In a manual, I usually don't do that, but in the particular case
brought up by Peter Brown, I think I put just one blank page.
Fabien Vais
phantoms -at- accent -dot- net
At 02:50 PM 6/18/97 -0400, you wrote:
>As an addendum to the "This page intentionally left blank" debate, let
>me ask another controversial question ;-) --
>
>If your chapter has an odd-paged amount of content and you add that last
>blank page to make the chapter even-paged, do you make that last page
>completely blank or do you give it headers and footers? I've already
>looked at a number of books and have found it done both ways.
>
>--
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>"Opinions? I've had a few. But then again, too few to mention."
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>Mortice Kern Systems Inc. (http://www.mks.com)
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