[duxuser] Re: editing a table of contents
- From: Dave Durber <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:10:04 -0500
Hello Carina:
The problem with making some of those "judgement calls", is that you
might leave out information that another person would or might find
pertinent as to what they are looking for in a table of contents so
that they can turn to the section or chapter which might contain the
information they are trying to find.
So, by editing certain things, you may inadvertently prevent someone
from finding the information they are trying to find.
Sincerely:
Dave Durber
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:35:25 +0100, you wrote:
>Dave,
>I live in the UK and I must say that I haven't heard that one about Aunt
>Flow, maybe I'm too young!
>If I was brailling something for someone else I would make a judgement as to
>what information is useful and what isn't, and if it is useful or is going
>to be of benefit to the reader then I wouold include it. However, if it
>isn't then I would leave it out. When I braille agendas for myself I
>include everything that is going to be of benefit to me. I just edit some
>of the formatting within the documents to make it easier to read.
>Karina
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Durber" <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:23 PM
>Subject: [duxuser] Re: editing a table of contents
>
>
>> 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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