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Do you number down to the individual paragraph level? If not, how far down do you recommend for your purposes?
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From: techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Fred Ridder
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:18 PM
To: Julie Stickler; tech2wr-l
Subject: RE: Numbered versus unnumbered heads in very technical reference guides
It's much easier, faster, and much less ambiguous to point the customer to Section 6.3.2 than to try to direct them to the third paragraph on page 89 or to the "Things to watch out for" subsection under the "Configuration options" section in the "Frumious interface" chapter.
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