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Subject:Re: Contents at a Glance From:Len Olszewski <saslpo -at- UNX -dot- SAS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 16 Jul 1997 16:49:41 GMT
In article <33CC718C -dot- 92FE8F1 -at- smartt -dot- com>, Salan Pazurik <salstu -at- SMARTT -dot- COM>
writes:
|> Is there any merit to providing two tables of contents--a "Contents at a
|> Glance" and "Contents in Detail"?
[...]
Consider having a high-level TOC in the front, and detailed TOC's in
front of each chapter. We do that here, and it seems to be useful.
--
Len O. May the farce be with you.
saslpo -at- unx -dot- sas -dot- com - Old Irish Toast
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