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Re: Numbered versus unnumbered heads in very technical reference guides
Subject:Re: Numbered versus unnumbered heads in very technical reference guides From:David Crosswell <davidcrosswell -at- internode -dot- on -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:55:29 +1000
On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:49:44 AM Julie Stickler wrote:
> By all that is holy, if you're going to number headings (and I can
> appreciate Fred's argument for numbers), limit the number of levels that
> you have! At my last job we had numbered headings that went six, seven,
> eight levels deep. I think I might have found one section that went to nine
> levels. And it was not pretty.
Ludicrous!
If you are going in anywhere near that deeply, your document obviously needs
to be restructured.
Cheers!
David.
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