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Subject:Re: Heading number 1.? From:WRONECKI Frederic DG <frederic -dot- wronecki -at- FRANCETELECOM -dot- FR> Date:Thu, 5 Dec 1996 13:20:36 +0100
Iain Harrison wrote :
> Personally, I dislike legal numbering in any case, but I
> particularly dislike the format 1.2.3. Why is there a decimal
> point after the last digit?
> If forced to go down the numbered heading route, why not use
> 1
> 1.1
> 1.1.1
> etc?
Iain, this is THE standard (ISO 2145) method for numbering. I never
understood why WinWord inserted a decimal point !
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Frederic Wronecki
France Telecom, Paris, France
mailto : frederic -dot- wronecki -at- francetelecom -dot- fr
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