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I'm working on a document that currently has eight levels of headings. At
first glance, they all seem necessary, but the doc is very confusing. What
sorts of general ideas/ rules of thumb do you follow to try to simplify a
document with this level of detail? We will probably break it up into smaller
books and see if any of the major divisions can be explained in a primer, but
are there other, creative ways to "flatten" a hierarchy?
