[duxuser] Re: editing a table of contents
- From: Dave Durber <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:47:34 -0500
When I am preparing a book, I go through the body of the text
formatting and inserting appropriate codes and styles as and where
necessary.
Having embossed a hardcopy and proofread it, and made any necessary
corrections, I then produce the table of contents.
incorporating the front pages for each volume, if the book transcribes
to more than one volume, is the very last thing i do.
This is to avoid the very problem you are having where you have used
the h1. style to surround the text of the front page.
I was so glad to hear that "Aunt Flow" was not in the room and
therefore, was not in the know!
Sincerely:
Dave Durber
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:32:52 -0600, you wrote:
>I needed to edit my table of contents because the title page was in H1
>style and DBT thought that was a chapter. Aunt Flo wasn't even in the room!
>At 07:23 AM 3/29/2005, you wrote:
>>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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