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Subject:Re: STYLE: Prefaces/Introductions From:"Arlen P. Walker" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 27 Mar 1995 09:52:00 -0600
This leads to several questions for general discussion:
1. Do *you* read front matter?
Occasionally. Typically not as the first step for reading the book.
2. Do you agree with Ms. Thoma that most people *don't read*
prefaces or introductions?
Yes.
3. Do you use a preface and/or introduction in your documents?
Why or why not?
Rarely. I'll never put things in a preface which are essential to the
understanding of the document. In the introduction, I *may* put things like the
typographic conventions used in the book. If I do, I'll note that in the TOC to
inform the reader that there's something worth seeing in the introduction.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 124
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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