RE: Numbered headings?

Subject: RE: Numbered headings?
From: <ian -dot- saunders -at- vf -dot- vodafone -dot- co -dot- uk>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 15:38:10 +0100

Hi,

This is just a gut feeling, but I believe that if you can cross-refer to
headings and pages, section numbers are not just superfluous, they actually
make the heading harder to understand and memorise.

I fail to see how say "2.3. Using the Interface" is better than simply
writing "Using the Interface". And if you ask me, it's worse. The number is
clutter containing no useful information.

In this case that tired old cliche is true: "Less is More"

Ian Saunders
Vodafone Ltd.

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