Re: Ampersands in TOC and headers?

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Ah, so you're King Style Tyrant. In that case, you know your industry,
product, and audience, so really it's up to you. I don't think
anyone's going to send troops your way to overthrow your stylistic
regime, so if it makes sense and gets the job done, carry on.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
> I am responsible for style, so whatever I say pretty much goes. This
> isn't to say that style is capricious. It just means that we define what
> styles we'll use based on what best fits what we are communicating. The
> thing I want to avoid is taking license in a way that could offend a
> significant number of readers. For example, I could see reasons for
> using a initial cap after a semi-colon, but I wouldn't do so as some
> people would think it was done out of ignorance. It seems to me that my
> use of ampersands, on the other hand, could go either way.

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