Header/footers - summary

[Damien Braniff <Damien_Braniff -at- PAC -dot- CO -dot- UK>]

First of all, thanks to all who replies to my query re
headers/footers.separators.

Everyone noted the necessity of separating the header/footer information
from the body text and the majority favoured the use of a line separator
(of varying degees of thickness!). Those who didn't like the line separator
used white space to create the required break (some used both).

As to content there was again a general consensus that there should be no
header on the first page of a chapter/section (info should be obvious on
the title page) and that the most "important" information should be on the
outside edge of the page.  The page, as a whole, should look balanced -
line in header then ditto in footer, left/right info in the header then
ditto in the footer.  Minimum use of fonts (suggested using heading font,
but smaller, for header/footer.  Specific suggestions received are given
below.  Some give split beteen left/right while others simple suggest
information which should be displayed.

Header:
     Righthand page (RH) :  Left - manual title    Right - chapter/section
title
     Lefthand page (LH) :      Reverse of RH page

     LH  :     Left - manual name    Right - nothing
     RH :     Left - nothing     Right - Chap/sect number  & title

     Look once info in the header - book/volume/section title

     Title and date

Footer:

     RH:  Left - version/release date      Centre -
copyright/classification/comany name      Right - page number
     LH:  reverse of RH

     RH:  Left - Version no./release date    Right - Page no. (3-1 etc)
     LH: reverse of RH

     Read often info - Page/chapter no. etc

Damien Braniff
Technical Author
PAC International