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Subject:Re: What sayest me... on Worthless TC Degrees From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Iain Harrison <iain -at- hairydog -dot- co -dot- uk>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:39:51 -0800 (PST)
hmmm...kinda makes me wonder how my readers find
anything in my documentation or why they would lie to
me when I conduct my usability studies.
I rarely use an index.
--- Iain Harrison <iain -at- hairydog -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote:
> > An index is only that useful when the content of
> the
> > book itself is so bad that it doesn't make sense.
>
> Utter rubbish!
>
> You'd have to read the entire document to find what
> you need without an
> index.
>
> An index tells you where to fond references to a
> specified word or topic.
>
> A ToC shows the arrangement of the book.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Iain
>
> iain -at- hairydog -dot- co -dot- uk
> iainh -at- cix -dot- co -dot- uk
>
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