[duxuser] Re: editing a table of contents
- From: Dave Durber <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:23:10 -0500
Why would you want to do that.
When you edit information such as headings that appear in a document,
you are sensoring what another person will see in the table of
contents and when you do that, you restrict access to the information.
Another problem might occur, for example, where you have two headings
that start out very similarly but have totally different text endings.
If you edit some of the text in these headings, there is a danger that
your reader may miss out on important information that might be
contained in those headings that would allow them to make an informed
decision as to whether either of the two similar headings is the one
they want.
In the UK we have an expression for those who do not include
everything or, who choose to edit what a person who is visually
impaired should or should not know. the expression is:
"What Aunt Flow wants you to know"
I wouldn't mind betting that, just about all of us on this list who
are visually impaired, have had some experience of and Aunt Flow
deciding what we should or should not know.
My personal feeling, is that if you are producing material for general
distribution, then you should include everything.
If it is for personal use, and you remember what the edits mean, six
months, one year or two years down the road, then it does not matter.
Sincerely:
Dave durber
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:29:23 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I have just gone from 10.3 to 10.5. I had a question about editing a table
>of contents. This is one of my most desired features. The problem is that
>I have some documents with very long level 1 headings. I don't want all
>that in my table of contents. My question is whether or not I can edit the
>text of the heading into a shortened version once the contents is created.
>I can give examples if it would help. Any help would be appreciated.
>
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