RE: Identifying chapters

["Jones, Donna" <DJones -at- zebra -dot- com>]

> > ...; see "Configuring Widget X" under "Changes to Configuration"
> > 
> > ...; see "Changes to Configuration", "Configuring Widget X"
> > 
> > ...; see "Changes to Configuration: Configuring Widget X"


I have to be a stick in the mud and say that I don't particularly like any of those, though the first is the lesser of evils. Having to locate first one heading then another doesn't seem very user-friendly. If I saw something like this in a document that I didn't absolutely have to read, that would be where I stopped and filed the document in my garbage can.

What about:

  ...; see "Configuring Widget X" on page Y.

Or can't you use cross-references to page numbers in the format you're using?


Donna


Donna L. Jones
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Zebra Technologies Corp.
Vernon Hills, IL
djones -at- zebra -dot- com
 
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