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"Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" wrote:
>
> At 12:29 AM -0700 7/25/2000, Kathy10th -at- aol -dot- com wrote:
> [in nonlinear, 200-page web document]
> >Do I have to write Customer Service Coordinator (CSC) every time
> >I use it? Or, maybe only the first time I use it on a page?
>
> This is what linking was made for. Spell out the long form on your
> introductory page, then use the short form elsewhere and link it to a page
> containing the long form.
Or build a glossary with all those terms plus others. Use the abbreviation
with a link to the glossary definition all over place. You should still
explain the term in the main text where that seems necessary to the flow.
> (As a bonus, you can include other information
> (such as contact info) on the linked page.
