RE: Cover pages on technical notes?

[Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- pixelink -dot- com>]

Lianne Sprigg wrote:   

> I'll have to put a bit more thought into this. What it'll 
> ultimately come down to is whether it's more annoying to 
> have cluttered footers or an extra page at the beginning 
> of the document. Both can be a bit cumbersome.

Ah, but the same thing applies to footers as to the rest of the
document--your audience is likely to look at them only when searching for
specific information.  As well, footers are repetitive, thus predictable:
It's not as if it's difficult to locate information on them, however
cluttered they might be.
 
> Perhaps I could shrink the fine print by a point or two so 
> that it doesn't consume as much real estate. 

Been there, done that, bought the extra 2 mm of length on the live area.

Cheers ... Kim
When doing layout, sometimes it's good to have your mind in the gutter.

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