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Subject:Re: Cross-ref pet peeve From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- MARVIN -dot- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:07:39 -0700
alexs -at- visteon -dot- com wrote:
>
> But what happens during the final review and revision process when
> lines, paragraphs, or even entire sections may change or go away? In a
> hard doc, page numbers can shift by deleting even a single line, and
> then some or many or even all (depending on the structure of the
> document ) of your "see page xx" references will be wrong. And then you
> spend the extra time correcting the ref numbers.
What software are you using? FrameMaker was the tool this person
was asking about, and the Update Cross-References feature
automatically updates the page numbers and titles in cross-
references. I would think that most software used for book
production has this type of feature.
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