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Thanks for all the insights on page numbering, but
please -- does anyone have any research to point out?
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> Should manuals have page numbering that simply
> runs from front to back:
> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ...
> or should it run chapterwise:
> 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, ... 1-22, 2-1, 2-2, ...
> IS THERE SOME USABILITY RESEARCH OUT THERE that <==============
> anyone can point to? Thanks in advance -- I will
> publish a summary if replies come directly to me
> instead of broadcast to TECHWR-L.
--ghaas -at- informix -dot- com
Guy K. Haas, Sr. Tech Writer RTFM?
Informix Software Inc IWTFT!
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