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Subject:Re: Odd pages to the right From:"Bailey, Doug S" <dsbailey -at- PO4 -dot- PCMAIL -dot- INGR -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 17 Mar 1995 11:22:00 CST
> Just a trivia note: the reason we put odd-numbered pages to the right
> is simple and functional. When you open an English book, the first
> (number one) page you see is the right hand page. Among other things,
Heck, when you think about you'll realize that the cover itself is a
right-hand
page. Open the book so that you can read the cover and the back at the same
time and you'll see what I mean. It follows that chapters should also start
on
the right-hand page.
Doug
Douglas S. Bailey, Technical Writer
System Software Documentation
Intergraph Corporation
Huntsville, AL 35894-0001
x6072
