Re: Paragraph numbering - industry standard?

Subject: Re: Paragraph numbering - industry standard?
From: Lou Quillio <public -at- quillio -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:26:57 -0400


Jefro wrote:
> Are we discussing section numbering or paragraph numbering?

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Super-granular references are, nevertheless, a good thing -- but
they don't have to be in the user's face. We can number in the
visible headings down to, say, two levels. Thereafter the numbering
might continue parenthetically (and as meta-data), at the end of
significant passages.

There's a difference between a document's full hierarchy *in fact*
and how hard we beat folks over the head with it. Structure and
elegance aren't necessarily at odds.

LQ

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References:
Paragraph numbering - industry standard?: From: siliconwriter
Re: Paragraph numbering - industry standard?: From: Michele
Re: Paragraph numbering - industry standard?: From: Jefro

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