Re: Ampersands in TOC and headers?

Subject: Re: Ampersands in TOC and headers?
From: Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:47:19 -0500

I dunno. What does the style you're using dictate? What does your
style guide say?

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
>
> My docs feature some relatively long, task oriented titles. To minimize
> the length of TOC entries, I've used ampersands in the way they are used
> in newspaper headlines.
>
> Is this problematic from a style perspective?

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RE: Place punctuation inside or outside of quotes when writing software docs for English speaking Europeans in Europe?: From: Claudine CHAUSSON
Ampersands in TOC and headers?: From: Leonard C. Porrello

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