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Subject:Re: Help file TOC Sentence VS Question From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:49:27 -0700
That seems very wrong to me. It would also require a lot of extra work
compared with simply generating a TOC from topic headings.
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
> On a similar note, what do people think about chapter headings being slightly different from their corresponding TOC entry? For example, would it be OK to have the following in the TOC:
>
> Time Cards
> Understanding
> Creating
> Viewing
> Finding
>
> And then have the following chapter headers:
>
> Understanding Time Cards
> Creating Time Cards
> Viewing Time Cards
> Finding Time Cards
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