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Subject:Re: What sayest me... on Worthless TC Degrees From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:03:27 -0800 (PST)
oh, BOY!!! is this going to get a reaction, but...
> it was my minor on my master's. Good indexing is one
> of my hot spots. If a
> reference book does not have a good index, it's
> worthless as far as locating
> information. When I am forced to use the software
An index is only that useful when the content of the
book itself is so bad that it doesn't make sense.
How is needing a section of the book to find a section
of the book a good thing.
Don't get me wrong...indexes are important...only
because books are structured so poorly. If the book
was arranged well, the index wouldn't be needed.
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John Posada, Merck Research Laboratories
Sr Technical Writer, WinHelp and html
(work) john_posada -at- merck -dot- com - 732-594-0873
(pers) jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com - 732-291-7811
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