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Subject:RE: Where do you place the Glossary hyperlink? From:"Char James-Tanny" <charjt -at- helpstuff -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:23:09 -0400
> The term "Subject Population" is hyperlinked to the term in
> the Glossary. Do you hyperlink the term in the header or in
> the body? My instinct is to use the term in the body and if
> the term shows up more than once in the paragraph, I only
> hyperlink only the first instance in the body. Does anyone
> strongly agree or disagree?
I never link terms in the heading :-) And I prefer if only the first
occurrence in a topic is linked.
My two cents :-)
Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com
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