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Subject:Re: Contents at a Glance From:John Russell <jrussell -at- COMMSOFT -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 17 Jul 1997 13:02:01 -0400
We'll be producing anywhere from six to ten books for our next product release. These books will be available in hard copy format only if the customer wants them. We'll distribute them electronically.
It seems to me that TOC at a Glance would be perfect to serve as the top level into all of the books. Kind of a table of contents for all of the collection. Of course, in a regular table of contents you'd have three or four or however many levels of headings. But for the TOC at a glance you would only include 2.
It may even be worth (for the electronic version) having them link to that level in the regular toc, rather than into the book itself.
K. John Russell
Technical Writer
Commsoft, Inc.
Rensselaer, NY 12144-5721 http://www.commsoft.net
Salan Pazurik <salstu -at- SMARTT -dot- COM>
>Is there any merit to providing two tables of contents--a >"Contents at a Glance" and "Contents in Detail"?
I think that if you design your Toc properly, you don't need two..
Instead of using two, I'd include the chapter titles in a
large font size. Then, those who wanted only a quick over-view
coud scan the complete ToC and have it..
--
Bruce Byfield (bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com)
Technical Writer / Job Bank Team, STC Canada West Coast Chapter
h: (604) 421-7189
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